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UNITED STATES OF AMEEICA. 



Gutta cavat lapidem non vi sed SjEpe cadendo. 



THE MASTERY SERIES. 



GERMAN. 



BY 



THOMAS PEENDEEGAST 

LATE MADRAS CIVIL SERVICE: 

Author of 

'TIIB MASTERY OF LANGUAGES ; OR THE ART OP SPEAKING FOREIGN TONGUE* 
IDIOMATICALLY J ' AND ' HANDBOOK TO THE MASTERY SERIES.' 




LONDON : 
LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO. 

1868. 



[The right of translation is reserved,"] 



Royal 8vo. Price 7s. 6d. 

THE MASTERY OF LANGUAGES; 

OK, 

-THE ART OF SPEAKING FOREIGN 
TONGUES IDIOMATICALLY. 

By THOMAS PRENDERGAST. 
Late Madras Civil Service. 

'If Mr. Prendergast will publish a selection of sentences, with specimens 
of their manipulation and an abridged table of inflections, he may easily 
find readers who will give his theory a fair trial, and we are strongly dis- 
posed to believe that the result of such an experiment would be a very 
general adoption of the principles on which the " Mastery of Languages 
is based.' — The Reader. 

' Excellent in the main, and worthy of attention from everyone interested 
in the " Mastery of Languages." Set forth with much lucid explanation 
and many skilful arguments.' — Examiner. 

' This is a book we should like to understand if we could. Mr. Prender- 
gast has certainly hit a blot ; he has pointed out an undeniable evil 

He wishes that Englishmen learned to speak Latin as well as to read and 
write it, and in this we fully go along with him.'— The Saturday Review. 

i This is a book written with understanding It is not, like many 

other treatises, a favourite idea inflated by all manner of devices and ac- 
commodations to the bulk of a volume ; it is a system carefully and philoso- 
phically deduced from the Author's own experience and observation.' 

Daily Xeivs, 
' This system possesses many excellent features.'— London Review. 
1 This book is very full, and deserves attention ; its pages are crowded 

with suggestive remarks The writer is entitled to the attention of 

philologists and teachers of language.' — Athenaeum. 

' We can recommend this method from personal experience, having had 
the pleasure of trying it oui selves. Two hundred words of a language, pre- 
viously unknown, combined in idiomatic sentences, were duly mastered in 
the way proposed, by studying them five minutes at a time, five ot six 
times a day ; and when permission was given to refer to a grammar, great 
was the astonishment, as well as the delight felt, on discovering that the 
rules of syntax were known already.'— Female Missionary Intelligencer. 
1 Curious and interesting book . . . clear and lively in its treatment. . . . 

Full of useful hints As a rule, the older the facts the greater the 

originality. It therefore appears to us that Mr. Prendergast deserves the 
highest credit for the rare novelty with which he has invested a thoroughly 
trite theme. ..... He works out the leading principles with the most 

rigorous and unflinching logic to their ultimate conclusions. Nothing can 
really be simpler or more practical than the principle upon which it is 
based.' — Madras Athenceum. 

i A philosophical work on the " Mastery of Languages." ' 

Paper read before the Church Schoolmasters 
Association by Mr. Baker. 



London: RICHARD BENTLEY, New Burlington Street. 



PREFACE. 



The Mastery System is based upon the principles of the natural 
process pursued by children in learning foreign languages, when 
they associate with foreigners, after they have learnt to speak 
their own language. They are impelled by instinct to imitate 
and repeat the chance sentences which they hear spoken around 
them ; and, afterwards, to interchange and transpose the words so 
as to form new combinations. In the process of nature there is 
no teaching. But children learn to speak foreign tongues idio- 
matically without instruction of any kind — without even the aid 
of an interpreter. 

In the Manuals this process is systematized. 

As to the Language. — Long sentences are selected according to 
a new principle, whereby Variations are evolved from them by 
rearranging the same words and excluding all others. These 
Variations are all complete idiomatic sentences. The primary 
sentences are divided into sections, each of which, with some of 
its Variations, forms a short lesson. 

The Sentences comprise those specialities of the mechanism of 
the language which it is most important that the beginner should 
Master before he attempts to converse. ^ 

The Variations are so devised that by Mastering 100 words, 
the beginner obtains the free and habitual command of 100 com- 
plete sentences, with many more latent* Variations in reserve. 

As to the Grammar. — The study is to be deferred until this 
brief initiatory course of Mastery has been completed, and then 
it will be found that a large stock of grammatical knowledge of 
the language has been already attained without the use of any 
technical terms, of any rules, or of any instructions whatsoever. 

* See Handbook to the Mastery Series. 
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IV PREFACE* 

In this Manual the sentences are designed on a scholastic plan, 
in order to show with what facility this system can be applied to 
Greek and Latin. 

As to the Learner. — His course of proceeding is regulated 
upon a new principle which ensures the accurate retention, by the 
memory, of all the sentences learned from day to day. As all 
other forms of speech are excluded, and as he is not allowed to 
have access to a Grammar, nor to compose any Variations for 
himself, he learns nothing but idiomatic diction, and as he learns 
it thoroughly, he cannot fail to speak idiomatically and gram- 
matically also. 

The two great objects of a learner's ambition ought to be — to 
speak a foreign language idiomatically and to pronounce it 
correctly. And these are the objects which are most carefully 
provided for in this System. 

The chief peculiarities of the process, at the outset, are the fre- 
quency and the shortness of the daily Exercises, and the provision 
that, at the beginning of each sitting, the learner shall refresh his 
memory by hearing or reading the whole of the lessons pre- 
viously received. Thus he is enabled to recall and reproduce 
the foreign sentences in their idiomatic order of arrangement with 
perfect accuracy and fluency. 

The Sentences and their Variations have been prepared by 
Herr Hermann Ludwig Theodore Sack, Teacher of German at the 
Clapham Grammar School. 

The East India United Service Club : 
London, Febrvary 1868. 



L— TO THE ADULT LEAEXEE. 

1. The term Mastery is employed in this work to denote the 
power of using the idiomatic forms of a foreign language as fluently 
and promptly as those of the mother-tongue. 

2. The Mastery scheme requires that long idiomatic sentences shall 
be divided into very short sections, and shall be accompanied by their 
Variations in both languages. The beginner is not to compose any 
sentences for himself, but to receive them all ready-made and to 
commit them and their Variations very thoroughly to memory. 

3. The English versions of these Variations being placed separately 
before him, he must acquire by practice the habit of giving the 
foreign equivalent for each of them with the utmost fluency. They 
should always be translated in irregular succession. 

4. The foreign Variations exhibit the constructions which are lying 
latent in each sentence. The English Variations are designed to con- 
vey the exact power of each of the foreign Variations, and to show 
the different senses in which the individual foreign words and com- 
binations can be employed. The explanations thus afforded include 
everything that a beginner ought to know in relation to each lesson, 
and therefore the study of grammar is prohibited during this initiatory 
course. 

5. This system sets no value upon the rapid acquisition of a lesson ; 
but it provides for the perfect practical retention by the memory, 
and for the fluent reproduction of every sentence and of every Varia- 
tion which have been learned. 

6. In learning a language colloquially, the greatest effort is required 
in mastering the first sentence, and especially the first lesson ; the 
only danger arises from pressing on too fast, and thus overloading and 
confusing the memory. 

7. The beginner should carefully abstain from seeing or hearing any 
new words in excess of those included in the lesson of the day. 

8. If the beginner can bestow half-an-hour a day, the best distribu- 
tion of his time and labour would be to make six efforts of five minutes 
each at equal intervals throughout the day. It would be more 
generally convenient, however, to take three sittings a day of ten 
minutes each, with intervals of four or five hours between them. Or 
if he be very zealous, and can afford the time, he may take, during the 

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VI INSTRUCTIONS. 

first few days, six sittings of ten minutes each, or even twelve of five 
minutes each, because this latter course affords the nearest approxi- 
mation to the natural process. 

9. If the beginner has previously acquired the pronunciation, he 
will have no occasion for a teacher, and he will commence by reading 
the first lesson and its Variations, and reciting them at intervals. If 
he has not already acquired the pronunciation, he must employ a 
teacher. Any foreigner, who has a correct pronunciation, may be 
engaged for this purpose. If he be employed for one hour a day, 
the time should be divided into three sittings of ten minutes each, 
the intervals being devoted to pursuits of a wholly different character. 
But as the reception of three lessons in rapid succession does not suf- 
ficiently accord with the principle of frequency, each of the first 
lessons may be expected to occupy several sittings. 

10. The Variations of each lesson are to be mastered before a new 
one is commenced. The slightest hesitation in the use of a word in 
any one of the Variations, absolutely disqualifies the learner from 
advancing to a new lesson. In this respect he is not to judge himself 
indulgently but rigorously. 

11. He must commence every sitting by reading over all the previous 
lessons before he attempts to recite them. 

12. It is essential that he should always carry about with him in a 
compact form a copy of the English versions of those foreign Varia- 
tions which he has already learned, in order that he may frequently 
practise translating them. He should also intersperse among them 
some equivalent English forms of expression conveying the same 
ideas in different words. But the latter should be submitted to a 
competent person for examination before he adopts them, and the 
various meanings of the individual foreign words should be incor- 
porated in them under his orders. The German Variations should be 

7 carried about also on a separate paper, to be looked at before every 
such exercise begins. 

13. In learning anything by heart, repetitions are indispensable, and 
the more they are distributed throughout the day, early and late, the 
smaller will be the number required to impress the foreign phrases on 
the memory. Very short sittings are recommended, because the work 
is not an intellectual one, and no ingenuity can make it so, except by 
the addition of what is extraneous. Moreover, the memory accom- 
plishes its work much more effectually by highly concentrated efforts 
at intervals than by prolonged application. 

14. The importation of the study of grammar and the learning of 
words having no significant coherence are prohibited, because they 
confuse the memory and impede the colloquial attainment. On the 
other hand, the study of Grammar will be ultimately facilitated to 
a great degree by a course of Mastery first received. 



INSTRUCTIONS. Vll 

15. After going through the Manual, the learner may use the para- 
digm in the appendix, in order to familiarise himself with those inflec- 
tions which have not been included in the sentences. For this purpose, 
he should select some of the English Variations, and alter them by 
changing the tenses and persons of the verbs, and then translating 
them by means of the paradigm. TV T hen facility is attained in thus 
applying the omitted inflections in rapid succession, with the eye 
fixed upon the paradigm, and with frequent recapitulations, the 
learner may proceed to converse with foreigners and to read as many 
Grammars and other books as he may think fit. 

16. Those who have studied a language without practising it collo- 
quially ought to follow the course here prescribed for beginners, 
and not to proceed more rapidly until they have mastered the first 
sentence and all its Variations. 

N.B. — The first lesson may be divided into two, or, if the be- 
ginner will condescend so far, into three parts, forming three days' 
work. In those instances in which there is an imaginary disability 
for the learning of languages, this subdivision will obviate the disa- 
greeable necessity for devoting three whole days to one and the same 
lesson. There is no waste of time in learning very short lessons, 
for by mastering each lesson in its turn, the learner converts what 
is generally considered a repulsive drudgery into an attractive 
recreation. 



IL— TO THE TEACHEE. 

1. The Teacher's sole duty, at first, is to impart to the learner a 
correct pronunciation, and to prevent him from advancing too rapidly 
to a new lesson. When teaching, he should never exhibit any sign 
of impatience, whether in word, look, tone or gesture. 

2. The correct utterance of foreign sentences being of the utmost 
importance, the beginner's chief care must be to attain it by imitating 
the movements of the vocal organs, and by echoing the sounds, the 
tones, the pauses, the accents, and the cadences of a foreigner's voice, 
in the rapid reiteration of each new section, and of its variations. 
It is, therefore, desirable that he should have a very clear, soft, and 
deliberate utterance. If the teacher speaks indistinctly, or roughly, or 
hurriedly, the beginner labours under a great disadvantage in learning 
the pronunciation. A difficult sound is never to be practised sepa- 
rately, but always between two others, and there must be no talking 
on either side even about the sounds. The pronunciation of a lan- 
guage may be, and ought to be, acquired within the compass of a 
hundred words. 

3. The beginner shall not undertake more than one lesson a day. 
But when the first six lessons have been mastered, the teacher may 
make additional Variations, by re-arranging the German words into 
new combinations and placing them before the beginner with their 
English Translations. This will prevent the learner from going on 
too fast from lesson to lesson. (See preceding, Par. 4.) 

4. The German intonation and accentuation can only be acquired 
by imitation. The accentuation of English words is so arbitrary, and 
the orthography is so perplexingiy anomalous, that when foreign 
words are presented to us in the Eoman character, it is absolutely 
impossible for us to pronounce them aright without the aid of a 
foreigner. On this accoimt, the learner should be prevented during 
the first three days from either seeing or hearing the spelling of any 
of the German lessons. After that, he may read the first lesson ; but 
he should not see the second until he can write the first from memory, 
in the printed characters, with perfect accuracy ; and he should never 
be allowed to advance to the writing of a new lesson except under 



INSTRUCTIONS. IX 

the condition that he shall on each occasion write all the preceding 
ones faultlessly. This Manual should, therefor e, be kept by the 
teacher at first, and the pupil should have nothing but a written copy 
of the English Variations before him. But after a few days the 
learner may be permitted to see each new lesson as soon as he has 
mastered it. 

5. As it is impossible to pronounce too well, or to recite the lessons 
too perfectly, however successful the beginner may be in pronuncia- 
tion, and however perfectly he may know the lessons, the time must 
never be shortened, because he has to form the habit of uttering them 
as correctly and as fluently as a native. 

6. The utterance of foreign sounds and tones is entirely mechanical, 
and therefore the difficulty is not to be overcome by force of in- 
tellect, but solely by the practice of echoing a few syllables at a time, 
with a view to the formation of a habit. This can only be con- 
tracted by degrees, and therefore imitative repetitions at intervals 
are essential. 

7. The pupil must not be allowed to try to say the preceding 
lessons from memory at the beginning of each sitting, because this 
is the most fruitful source of inaccuracy. 

8. Whilst the pupil is translating the English versions of the Varia- 
tions, the teacher is to prompt him, whether he likes it or not, so 
that not a second may be wasted in thinking. Guessing must never 
be permitted, and no time can be spared for talking. Grammatical 
explanations of all kinds and technical terms are inadmissible. 

Procedure during the First Fortnight. 

Fikst Sitting.— The teacher should begin by uttering the two 
last words of Section I., then the three last, then the four last, and 
so on. When the learner can utter the whole combination, the 
teacher is to repeat it loudly and in rapid succession, and the pupil 
is to echo the sounds in connected sequence with equal vehemence and 
rapidity. He is not to ponder over the sounds, but to repeat them 
instantly, and almost simultaneously. A free translation may be given 
to him at first ; but he is not to receive an explanation of the indi- 
vidual words, until he shall have devoted five minutes to the careful 
imitation of the teacher's voice. At the end of {ive minutes, the 
literal translation of the first section is to be placed before him, with 
the English version of the Variations: and then he may echo the 
German Variations of the first lesson, but without seeing the German 
words. The teacher should point out in the English paper each 
Variation as he utters it. The intonation of the whole sentence is to 
be regarded as not less important than the pronunciation of the 
individual sounds. 



X INSTRUCTIONS. 

Second Sitting. — Section I. and its Variations are to be echoed 
in irregular succession six times. Then the pupil should alternately 
echo the German and translate the English Variations one by one, 
vigorously prompted. He should also point out, on the English paper, 
each Variation as he utters it. During this Exercise, he is not to 
read each English Variation aloud before he translates it. 

Third Sitting. — Same as above. Bepeat this Exercise until the 
pupil can translate the Variations into German as rapidly as he can 
read them in English. If he can translate them ail without hesitation, 
or error of any kind, he may commence another lesson. But the 
privilege of advancing to a new one must never be conceded, until 
he shall have mastered all the previous lessons. This law should 
be inexorably enforced, because success depends entirely upon it. 

Fourth Sitting. — Lesson I. is to be echoed three times, and Les- 
son II. six times. All the ten German Variations are then to be 
echoed, and the English translated into German, one by one, alter- 
nately. 

Fifth Sitting.— Same as above. 

Sixth Sitting. — Let the two first lessons be echoed three times, 
and let five minutes be devoted to the echoing of the second German 
section. After which, one of the new Variations may be echoed, and 
one of the previous English Variations may be translated into German, 
alternately. 

Seventh Sitting.— Echo the new lesson six times, and the previous 
ones three times. Then echo one of the new Variations, and translate 
one of the old into German, alternately. 

Eighth Sitting. — Echo the new lesson six times, and the previous 
ones three times, and then translate the fifteen Variations into Ger- 
man, alternately. 

All succeeding lessons are to be conducted as prescribed for the 
sixth, seventh, and eighth sittings. 

Let it be observed, that ^.yg sittings are to be devoted to each 
Section and its Variations. 

All succeeding lessons are to be conducted in the manner above 
described. After the first seven lessons have been mastered, not more 
than the six preceding lessons need be recited in each sitting ; but 
the prior lessons should still be recited once a day, then three times 
a week, and ultimately twice a week. The long primary sentences, 



INSTRUCTIONS. XI 

however, must be recited every clay. These recapitulations will not 
he burdensome, if the required volubility of utterance has been at- 
tained. On the other hand, if this is not acquired in every lesson 
at the beginning, the fundamental principle of the system is abandoned. 
Mastery exacts a completeness far in excess of what is miscalled 
thoroughness in our schools; and that completeness cannot be ob- 
tained except by the frequent reiteration of sentences with the words 
of which the learner is already quite familiar. 



GEBMAN ALPHABET. 



German 


Soman 


Name 


91 a 


A a 


Ah 


SB t 


B b 


Bay 


6 c 


C c 


Tsay 


£> b 


D d 


Day 


<S e 


E e 


Eh 


$ f, ff 


F f, ff 


Eff, eff-eff 


© fl 


G g 


Gay 


*.'$,$ 


H h, ch 


Hah, tsay-hah 


3 i 


I i 


Ee 


3 i 


J i 


Yot 


« t , a. 


K k, ck 


Kah, tsay-kah 


8 I 


L 1 


Ell 


STO m 


M m 


Em 


Sa n 


N n 


En 


O o 


o 


Oh 


$ V 


P p 


Pay 


£1 q 


Q q 


Koo 


JH r 


E r 


Err 


@ f, «, ff, 


S s, f, ff, 


(Ess, ess-ess, 

I ess-tset, ess-tay 


fc P 


SZ, St 


S t 


T t 


Tay 


It it 


U u 


Oo 


as & 


V v 


Fow 


as » 


W w 


Vay 


£ t 


X x 


Iks 


8) 5 


Y y 


Ipsilon 


3 j, § 


Z z, tz 


Tset, tay-tset 



% a. ©, c. 3, I D, o\ It, u. g), 9. 

3le, a. De, 6. lie, u. 

9lu, ait. @i, ©J, et, ety. @u, eu. 9fcu, fiu. 
2lt, 5ft), ai, ty. Dt, D*j, oi> ot). 



THE MASTERY SERIES. 



GERMAN. 



THE MASTERY SERIES. 



FIRST SENTENCE 

Since the young friend of the rich man would not give the letter to the 
servant , you will be obliged to send for it for me directly. 

Lessons I. and II. 
. . . then you must cause to fetch it for me directly. 

Variations. 

I. 

1. Bring it to me directly. 

2. Are you going to fetch it for me directly? 

3. You will be obliged to fetch it directly. 

4. Then you will have to fetch it. 

5. You must leave it to me. 



XX. 

6. Are you going to send for it ? 

7. You must send for it at once. 

8. Leave it thus. 

9. Indeed ! are you going to fetch it ? 
10. Then you must send for it. 



GERMAN. 



FIRST SENTENCE. 



Lessons I. and EL 



. fo tt>ert>en@ie mix ifyn gleid) f)oIcn lajTen mfiffetu 

. then will you to-me it directly to-fetch to-cause to-be-obliged. 



Variations. 

x. 

1. Holen Sie ihn mir gleich. 

2. Werden Sie ihn mir gleich holen? 

3. Sie werden ihn gleich holen miissen. 

4. So werden Sie ihn holen miissen. 

5. Sie miissen ihn mir lassen. 



XX. 

6. Werden Sie ihn holen lassen ? 

7. Sie miissen ihn gleich holen lassen. 

8. Lassen Sie ihn so. 

9. So ! werden Sie ihn holen ? 

10. So miissen Sie ihn holen lassen. 



b 2 



THE MASTEBY SERIES, 



HI. and IV. 

: . . has not willed to give the letter to the servant • 



11. Won't you procure the letter for me ? 

12. Don't give that letter to the servant. 

13. Let him fetch it directly. 

14. Fetch me immediately that letter which you are not willing to give * 
the servant. 

15. Will you not give me that letter directly ? 



IV. 

16. Make the servant fetch me the letter which you wish to give me. 

17. Will you not give me the letter which you ought to give me ? 

18. Indeed ! you refuse to leave that letter with me ! 

19. You must not let him fetch that letter. 

20. You will be obliged to send for that letter for mo. 



V. and VI. 

Since he, the young friend of the rich man, 



v* 

21. The young valet of the young man's friend was willing to fetch me 
that letter. 

22. Must you not cause him at once to fetch the young man's valet ? 

23. The rich young gentleman was unwilling to send for the servant's 

friend. 

24. Since that young man has refused to let the servant have the letter, 
you will be obliged to send for it for me. 

25. He was not disposed to give the letter to the rich friend of that young 
gentleman. 



GERMAN. 



m. and IV. 

. . . bem ©tenet ben SBrief tucfyt fyxt $tbtn woUen, . . • 
• . . to-the servant the letter not has to-give willed • • , 

in. 

11. Wollen Sie mir den Brief nicht holen lassen? 

12. Geben Sie dem Diener den Brief nicht. 

13. Lassen Sie inn inn gleich holem. 

14. Holen Sie mir sogleich den Brief, den Sie dem Diener nicht geben 
wollen. 

15. Wollen Sie mir den Brief nicht gleich geben ? 



IV. 

16. Lassen Sie den Diener mir den Brief holen, den Sie mir geben wollen. 

17. Wollen Sie mir den Brief nicht geben, den Sie mir geben miissen? 

18. So ! Sie wollen mir den Brief nicht lassen ! 

19. Sie miissen ihn den Brief nicht holen lassen. 

20. Sie werden mir den Brief holen lassen miissen. 



V. and VI. 

Da er, ber junge gftetmb be§ mcfyen $flannt$, . 

Since he, the young friend of-the rich man, . . . 



v. 

21. Der jnnge Diener desFreundes des jnngen Mannes hat mir den Brief 
holen wollen. 

22. Miissen Sie ihn nicht gleich den Diener des jnngen Mannes holen 
lassen ? 

23. Der reiche jnnge Mann hat den Freund des Dieners nicht holen lassen 
wollen. 

24. Da dsr jnnge Mann dem Diener den Brief nicht hat geben wollen, so 
werden Sie mir ihn holen lassen miissen. 

25. Er hat dem reichen Frennde des jnngen Mannes den Brief nicht 
geben wollen. 



THE MASTERY SERIES. 



VI. 



26. Indeed! Did he not want to give the young man's letter to the 
servant ? 

27. Give me the letter of the young friend of the servant! Directly ! 

28. Indeed ! Has he had it fetched for me directly ? 

29. As he would not give the letter to that young man, the rich friend has 
sent the servant to fetch it. 

30. You must not have the friend's letter given to the young servant.. 

Since he, the young friend of the rich man, has not willed to give the 
letter to the servant, you must therefore procure it for me directly. 



SECOND SENTENCE. 

If the old prudent teacher himself had given us that good counsel, we 
could hardly have made this great mistake. 

VII. and VIII. 

, . • could hardly have made. 



VII. 

31. Have you not made it ? 

32. Have you the letter which you wished to give to me ? 

33. Can't you let that letter which you have composed be given up to me 
directly ? 

34. Scarcely has the rich friend sent the letter to me, when you want to 
have it. 

35. You cannot have intended to make it. 



VIII. 

36. "Was he unable to send for that servant for me directly ? 

37. Were you unwilling to fetch me the letter ? 

38. "Won't you be able to give it me at once ? 

39. The rich man's friend has been unable to send for the letters for the 
young servant. 

40. The young servant of the rich man has been unable to fetch it for the 
young friend. 



&EBMAN. 



VI. 



26. So ! Hat er dem Diener den Brief des jungen Mannes nicht geben 
wollen ? 

27. G-eben Sie mir den Brief des jungen Freundes des Dieners ! Grleich! 

28. So ? Hat er ihn mir sogleich holen lassen ? 

29. Da er dem jungen Manne den Brief nicht hat geben wollen, so hat 
der reiche Freund den Diener ihn holen lassen. 

30. Sie miissen dem jungen Diener den Brief des Freundes nicht geben 
lassen. 

Da er, der junge Freund des reichen Mannes dem Diener den Brief 
nicht hat geben wollen, so werden Sie mir ihn gleich holen lassen miissen. 



SECOND SENTENCE. 
VII. and VIII. 

. . . faum gemacfyt fyaben fonnetn 

. . . hardly made to-have to-be-able. 

VII. 

31. Haben Sie ihn nicht gemacht? 

32. Haben Sie den Brief, den Sie mir haben geben wollen ? 

33. Konnen Sie mir den Brief, den Sie gemacht haben, nicht gleich geben 
lassen ? 

34. Kaum hat der reiche Freund mir den Brief geben lassen, so wollen 
Sie ihn haben. 

35. Sie konnen ihn nicht gemacht haben wollen. 



VIII. 

36. Hat er mir den Diener nicht gleich holen lassen konnen? 

37. Haben Sie mir den Brief nicht holen wollen ? 

38. Werden Sie mir ihn nicht gleich geben konnen ? 

39. Der Freund des reichen Mannes hat dem jungen Diener den Brief 
nicht holen lassen konnen. 

40. Der junge Diener des reichen Mannes hat ihn dem jungen Freunde 
nicht holen konnen. 



THE MASTERY SEIUES. 



Ig. and X. 

• • . would we this great mistake . . . 

zx. 

41. We should not have allowed him to make this great mistake. 

42. "Would you be capable of letting that big servant make this great 
mistake ? 

43. This young man has declined to give to this servant this big letter. 

44. As you have declined to give the letter to the servant, would you give 
it to me ? 

45. We cannot let yon do this at once. 



46. Must you not let him fetch this directly ? 

47. As you cannot make this immediately, we shall be obliged to send 
for the tall servant of the young gentleman. 

48. Would you not be able to have the young friend's large letter given 
up to me at once ? 

49. We shall not make the servant fetch the letter. 

50. We do not want to let him make the mistake which the servant has 
made. 



XI. and XII. 

. • . had himself given us the good advice, . . . 



51. The young man has himself given us that good advice. 

52. The friend himself might have given at once the advice we gave to 
the rich young man. 

53. If the servant had given the good advice, to the young friend, he would 
not have been liable to make that great mistake. 

54. Would he not be able himself to give us the letter directly ? 

55. He ought not to have made that letter in this manner. 



GERMAN, 



IX. and X. 

. . . ttmrben wir btefen grofjen ge^er . . . 

, • ♦ would we this great mistake . . . 



41. Wir wiirden ihn diesen grossen Fehler nicht haben machen lassen. 

42. "Wiirden Sie den grossen Diener diesen grossen Feliler machen lassen 
konnen ? 

43. Dieser junge Mann hat diesem Diener diesen grossen Brief nicht 
geben wollen. 

44. Da Sie dem Diener den Brief nicht haben geben wollen, wiirden Sie 
ihn mir geben ? 

45. Wir konnen Sie dies nicht gleich machen lassen, 



46. Miissen Sie ihn dies nicht sogleich holen lassen ? 

47. Da Sie dies nicht gleich machen konnen, so werden wir den grossen 
Diener des jungen Mannes holen lassen miissen. 

48. Wiirden Sie mir den grossen Brief des jungen Freundes nicht gleich 
geben lassen konnen ? 

49. Wir werden den Diener den Brief nicht holen lassen. 

50. Wir wollen ihn den Fehler, den der Diener gemacht hat, nieht machen 
lassen. 



XI. and XII. 

. . . un§ ben guten Stati) felbji gegeben fyatti, . . . 

. . . us the good advice self given had . . . 

XI. 

51. Der junge Mann hat uns den guten Eath selbst gegeben. 

52. Den Rath, den wir dem reichen jungen Manne gegeben haben, hatte 
der Freund selbst gleich geben konnen. 

53. Hatte der Diener dem jungen Freunde den Rath gegeben, er wurde 
den grossen Fehler nicht gemacht haben konnen. 

54. Wurde er uns den Brief nicht gleich selbst geben konnen ? 

55. Er hatte den Brief nicht so machen miissen. 

b3 



10 THE MASTERY SERIES. 



xzz. 



56. Did he himself give this good advice to the young friend of the rich 

gentleman ? 

57. Would you have given us the advice which the good young man has 
had conveyed to us ? 

58. Are you yourself going to fetch us the friend's letter ? 

59. He would have been unable to give us the advice which that young 
man has given to us. 

60. Had he given us the letter at once, we should then not have made 
this great blunder. 



XIII. and XIV. 

If that old and prudent teacher . • • 

xxxx. 

61. We should not have given that advice to this old man. 

62. If the prudent teacher had the letter, he would give it to us. 

63. If you desire it, we shall be obliged to send to fetch him. 

64. If you mean to give us that letter, it will be necessary that you send 
the servant at once to fetch it. 

65. That young man and the clever teacher's old friend want to have the 
letter. 



XIV. 

6Q. The clever old teacher's friend ought to have given him this advice at 
once. 

67. If you had given us this advice at once, we should not have made 
that blunder. 

68. Let us give this letter to the old man. 

69. If you don't want to have this letter, we shall give it to the old 
teacher. 

70. Shall we ourselves go at once to fetch him and the old teacher? 

If that old and prudent teacher himself had given us good advice, we 
should hardly have been able to make this great mistake. 



GERMAN. 1 1 



XXX. 



56. Hat er dem jungen Freunde des reichen Mannes diesen guten Eath 
selbst gegeben ? 

57. "Wiirden Sie uns den Eath gegeben haben, den uns der gute junge 
Mann bat geben lassen ? 

58. Werden Sie uns den Brief des Freundes selbst bolen ? 

59. Den Eath, den uns der junge Mann gegeben bat, hatte er uns nicht 
geben konnen. 

60. Hatte er uns den Brief gleich gegeben, so wiirden wir diesen grossen 
Fehler nicht gemacht haben. 



Xm, and XIV. 

SSenn ber alte unb ffuge £ef)rer . . . 

If that old and prudent teacher . . . 
xxxx. 

61. "Wir wiirden diesem alten Manne den Eath nicht gegeben haben. 

62. "Wenn der Huge Lehrer den Brief hatte, so wiirde er ihn uns geben. 

63. "Wenn Sie wollen, so werden wir ihn holen lassen miissen. 

64. Wenn Sie uns den Brief geben wollen, so werden Sie den Diener ihn 
gleich holen lassen miissen. 

65. Der junge Mann und der alte Freund des klugen Lehrers wollen den 
Brief haben. 



66. Der Freund des klugen alten Lehrers hatte ihm den Eath gleich 
geben miissen. 

67. "Wenn Sie uns diesen Eath gleich gegeben hatten, so wiirden wir 
diesen Fehler nicht gemacht haben. 

68. Lassen Sie uns dem alten Manne diesen Brief geben. 

69. "Wenn Sie diesen Brief nicht haben wollen, so werden wir ihn dem 
alten Lehrer geben. 

70. "Wollen wir ihn und den alten Lehrer gleich selbst holen ? 

"Wenn der alte und kluge Lehrer uns den guten Eath selbst gegeben 
hatte, wiirden wir diesen grossen Fehler kaum gemacht haben konnen. 



12 THE MASTERY SERIES. 



THIED SENTENCE. 

The little friend of the beautiful lady had the new carriage sent to 
the nearest railway-station, in order to drive to the town in it, 

XV. and XVI. 

The little friend of the "beautiful lady . . . 

XV. 

71. The pretty lady-friend of the governess has sent the young man- 
servant to fetch the letter. 

72. The young maid-servant of the school-mistress has heen obliged to 
fetch the teacher's letter. 

73. Don't you make the mistake which the rich lady's j}ld friend has 
made. 

74. Have you not fetched the letter you intended to fetch ? 

75. Has he not fetched the letter for the friend of the old governess ? 



XVI. 

76. Are you not going to fetch the letter of the young lady-friend of the 
rich old lady ? 

77. Has the old lady-friend of the young governess sent for the letter 
for me ? 

78. He has hardly been inclined to give that advice to the young teacher 
of this rich old lady. 

79. If you don't want to let me have the young lady's letter, give it to 
the old teacher. 

80. Give the letter of the governess to the old servant, and make him 
bring it to the good and clever teacher. 



XVII. and XVIII. 

• . . caused for herself the new coach . , . 

XVII. 

81. The little young lady caused this letter to be brought to me. 

82. The rich old man had the new carriage, which he had had made for 
himself, brought to him. 

83. This young lady had the old maid-servant sent for, who had fetched 
the letter. 

84. If the knowing lady-friend of the good old lady had not given us 
good advice, we should have made that blunder. 

85. The clever lady would have given advice to the old teacher if he had 
allowed himself to be advised. 



GERMAN. 13 

THIRD SENTENCE. 
XV. and XVI. 

£)te Kerne gretmbm ber fd)6nen £)ame . . . 

The little friend of-the beautiful lady . . . 
XV. 

71. £te fd)6ne greunbin ber Se^rertn §at Un jungen Diener ben SSrtef 
i)olen lajfen. 

72. Die junge Dtenerin ber Secretin fyat ben SSrtef beg £et)rer3 t)olen 
muffen. . , . 

73. 9ttad)en @te ben getter nityt, ben ber alte greunb ber retcfyen Dame 
gemacfyt §at. 

74. Jpaben ©ie ben Sfrtef ntdjt gefyolt, ben ©ie l)aben l)olen molten? 

75. |>at er bem greunb ber alien Secretin ben S3rief ntdjt gefyolt? 

xvx. 

76. SBerben ©te ben SSrtef ber jungen greunbtn ber reidjen alten &ami 

ntd)t ftolen ? . «'.. t «*•*«. * 

77. £at bte alte greunbtn ber jungen Seljrertn mtr ben SSrtef fyrten 

lajfen ? 

78. <§v %oi bem jungen 2el)rer btefer reidjen alten Dame ben Staty !aum 

aeben molten. . _ . v A , rr . .. 

79. SBenn ©ie mir ben 23rtef ber jungen Dame ntd)t geben'wollen, fo geben 
©ie tyn bem alten Seller. . 

80. ©eben ©te bem alten Diener ben S3rtef ber Se^rmn/ unb lafien ©teujn 
tt)n bem guten unb flugen Sefyrer bringen. 

XVII. and XVIII. 

. . . Iteg ft* bie neue jtutfcfye . . . 

. . . caused herself the new coach . . . 
XVII. 

81. Die ffctne iunge Dame ttcf mtr biefen SSrtef brtngen. 

82. Der reid)e alte 9Kann lief fid) bie neue £utf*e bnngen, bte er ftd) ?at 

™ V^iefMunge Dame lief ft* bte alte Dtenertn t)olen/ bte ben SSrief geljolt 
•fa/it 

84. fBenn bte Huge gteunbin ber guten alten Dame un$ ben guten fRatf) 
ntd)t gegeben l)dtte, murben mir ben getter gemadjt. ^aben. 

85. Die ftuge Dame nmrbe hm alten Seljrcr §Rat$ gegeben ^aben, wenn er 
ftd) |dtte Maty geben laften. 



14 THE MASTERY SERIES. 



xvzxz. 

86. He had the servant sent for, and made him bring the old man's 
letter. 

87. Bring me that new carriage which you have had made for yourself. 

88. "We intended to have the coach made for us immediately. 

89. Can you not have the coach sent for at once for me which you were 
going to bring ? 

90. Would you not be able to cause the new carriage to be brought to me 
at once ? 



XIX. and XX. 

... to send to the nearest railway-station, . . . 



91. Send to the railway-station, and have the old coach brought here. 

92. Will you send the servant to the nearest railway, and have the letter 
fetched for us ? 

93. The old lady's servant has had to take the new carriage to the 
station. 

94. Send me the old servant immediately, and let him bring me the letter 
of the clever young lady -teacher. 

95. If you should send to the railway, let the rich old lady's coach be 
fetched for me. 



96. Since you have not sent us the letter, you will be obliged to order the 
servant to fetch it. 

97. If he had sent us the new coach at once, the young servant would 
have been able to fetch the old lady. 

98. He sent for the coach and the servant, and had the rich lady-friend 
and the young lady's-maid taken to the nearest large railway-station. 

99. Has the servant of the rich old lady sent the new carriage at once ? 

100. If you will allow yourself to be advised, you will not commit that 

fault. 



GERMAN. 15 



XVIII. 



86. @r lief ben Wiener $olen unb lief i&n ben SSrtef be$ alien Cannes 
brtngen. 

87. SSringen ©te mtr bte neue ^utfdje, bie ©te ffdg r,aben madden laffen. 

88. 2Btr i)aben unS Me tfutfdje gletd) mad)en laffen mollen. 

89. £6nnen ©ie mtr Me tfittfdje nid)t gletd) tyolen laffen/ bte ©te Ijaben 
brtngen wotlen ? 

90. SBurben ©fe mtr bte neue £utfcr<e md)t gletd) bringen laffen lonnen ? 



XIX. and XX. 

. . . xiati) bet ndcfyjlen Station bet @ifenbaf)n fcfyicfen, . . . 

... to the nearest station of-tne railway to-send . . . 



91. ©djfefen ©te nad)- ber (§ifenbar,nfration/ unb laffen ©te bte alte tfutfdje 
tyolen. 

92. SBollen ©te ben Wiener nad) bet* nadjften (Sifenbafyn fdjtcfen unb un$ 
ben SBrief fyolen laffen ? 

93. Ser Wiener ber alten Same $at bte neue ^utfdje nad) ber ©tatton 
brtngen muffcn. 

94. ©d)tcfen ©te mtr ben alten Wiener gletd), unb laffen ©te t&n mir ^n 
SBrief ber flugcn jungen 2et)rertn brtngen. 

95. SSenn ©te nad) ber (Sifenbatyn fdjtcfen, fc laffen ©te mtr bte tfutfdje 
ber reidjen alten Same tyolen. 



96. Sa ©te uns ben SSrief md)t gefdjicft tyaben, fo rcerben ©te ben Stener 
tfcn tyolen laffen muffen. 

97. Sffienn er unS bte neue £utfdhe gletd) gefctytcft ^atU f fo mSrbe ber junge 
©tenet bte alte Same ^aben r;olen fonnen. 

98 (5r Kef bte JSutfdhe unb ben Stener t?olen unb lie? bte reictye greunbin 
unb Me junge Stenertn nad) ber nactyften grof en (Sifenbatynjration brtngen. 

99. £at ber Siener ber reictyen alten Same bte neue £utfd;e gleicty ge* 
fctyitft ? 

100. SBenn ©te fid) woUen SKatty geben laffen, fo rcerben ©te ben %$Ux 
nid)t mactyen. 



16 THE MASTERY SERIES. 

XXI. and XXH. 

i . , in order to drive in the same to the town. 

XXX. 

101. Have you given the letter to the young lady ? 

102. The same old man who, when in town, gave that prudent ady^. 
the good old teacher has caused that identical advice to be given to us. 

103. Are you going to drive to town to fetch the letter? 

104. Let us drive to the station at once, to fetch the young man's little 
lady-friend. 

105. Did he not intend to drive to the old friend of the clever teacher, in 
order to give him the good advice ? 

xxxx. 

106. Give the servant the letter to bring it to town to me directly. 

107. We must send the old coach to town to have it repaired at once. 

108. The servant has been obliged to have the rich old lady's coach, in 
which he intended to drive to town, repaired. 

109. Shall we go to town by rail ? 

110. Are you going to order the old coach sent to me at the station? 
The little friend of the beautiful lady had the new carriage sent to the 

nearest station of the railway, in order to drive to the town in the same. 



FOURTH SENTENCE. 

But at last the old female sent out for her box, became she had resolved 
to take, as soon as possible, her oft-projected long journey. 

XXIH. and XXIV. 

But at last the old female sent out . . . 

XXXIX. 

111. The old lady sent her maid-servant out to have the letter fetched. 

112. The old woman declined to give the advice to the little boy. 

113. The young lady intended to drive the old lady in the carriage to the 
station. 

114. Have you at length fetched the letter for the rich man? 

115. The young man-servant fetched the old gentleman from the town. 



GERMAN. 17 

XXI. and XXII. 

... urn in berfclben ju ber (jur) ©tabt ju fasten* 

... in-order in the- same to the town to drive. 

XXI. 

101. $aben ©k ber jungen £)ame ben 23rtef qtQtben ? 

102. £)erfelbe alte Sftanm ber bem auten alien Ceforer in ber Stabt ben 
flugen SFlatr) gegeben ^jat/ fyat unS benfelben £Ratr) geben lafien. 

103. garden Ste nad) ber <&tabt, urn ben SSrief gu r)olen? 

104. Saffen Ste un3 gletd) nad) ber Station fasten, urn tie fleine greunbin 
be§ jungen SftanneS ju §olen. 

105. $at er ntd)t §u bem alten greunbe beS flugen Severs fafyren wotlen, 
urn bemfeiben ben guren 3^arr) su geben ? 

xxzi. 

106. ©eben Sie bem £)tener ben SBrief/ urn tyn mix glctdtj nad) ber Stabt 
ju bringen. 

107. SGMr mufien bte alte £mfd)e nad) ber Stabt fcfyicfen, urn fie gleid) 
madien $u lafien. 

- 108. £)er Wiener $af bte ^utfdbe ber reid)en atten £)ame/ in ber er jur 
Stabt fyat fafjren wollen, madden taffen muffen. 

109. Swollen mir in ber (Sifenbaftn jur ©tabt fasten? 

no. ffiserben Sie mir bte alte £utfd)e jur Station fducfen taffen? 

£>ie fleine greunbin ber fd)6nen £ame liefj fid) bte neue -ftutfdje nad) ber 
nad)ften Station ber (Sifenba^n fcfykfen, urn in beufelben $u ber Stabt §u fafyren. 



FOURTH SEXTEXCE. 
XXTTT. and XXIV. 

2Cbcr enbltd) fcHcftc bte 2Clte au§ . . . 

But at-last. sent the old out . . . 

xxzzx. 

111. JDie 2ttte fd)icfte tt)re £ienerin au§/ urn ftd) ben 33rtef §olen 3U lafien. 

112. £)er 2CXte roollte bem Clemen ben fflaify nidht geben. 

113. £)ie 3unge motlte bie 2Clte in ber &utf$e nad) ber Station fallen. 

114. $aben Ste bem SReicr-en ben IBrief enblidi gel)olt? 

115. £>er junge Diener fyotte ben tflten au$ ber Stabt 



18 THE MASTERY SERIES. 



XXIV. 

116. Fetch the letter from inside the carriage, but do not give it to the 
teacher. 

117. If, however, you are not able to take the drive yourself, let us send 
the clever boy. 

118. We might have given the letter at once to the teacher, but the 
young lady-friend objected. 

119. Will you not at last be able to have the coach fetched for us from 
the town ? 

120. Very well; then we shall not be obliged to send the servant. 



XXV. and XXVI. 

... and ordered her box, because she had the determination . . . 

XXV. 

121. Order in for me immediately the new box, which you have had 
made. 

122. The old man has taken the letter there at once. 

123. You will find in the old box the letter you want to have. 

124. The pretty little friend of the old gentleman sent her large box to 
the station, because she meant to go to town. 

125. Do you intend to fetch us yourself from the town and to drive us to 
the station ? 



XXVI. 

126. We are obliged to drive ourselves, because your lady- friend has sent 
out the servant. 

127. The rich old lady has not been able to take a drive, because her 
maid had not ordered the coach. 

128. He did not intend to let the good old man take the letter. 

129. Have this letter taken for me to the post-office directly. 

130. The little lady has sent the box to her friend in her own car- 
riage. 



GERMAN. 19 



XXXV. 



116. $oten ©ie ben £3rtef auS ber ^utfcfce/ aber geben @ie ifyn nidjt bem 
Secret. 

117. SBenn @te aber nid)t fetbft fasten fonnen/ fo taffen @te un§ ben 
f tugen 3ungen fd)tcfen. 

118. 2Btr fatten bem Secret ben £3rief gteid) geben fonnen/ aber tie junge 
greunbtn wollte ntd)t. 

119. SGSerben @tc unS nicfyt enbttd) tie tfutfdje aug ber ®tabt t)o!en taffen 
fonnen? 

120. <Scf)6n$ fo rcerben ant ben Wiener md)t§u fdjicfen ^aben. 



XXV. and XXVI. 

. . . imb bejlelite tferc Jttfte, wetl fie bte 2£bfid>t \)attt,. . . 

. . . and ordered her box, because she the intention had, . • ♦ 

XXV. 

121. SBeftelten @fe mtr gjbtit) bte neue fflfa hie @te fyaben madjen laffen. 

122. £er tftte fyat ben SSrtef gleid) beftettt. 

123. ©ie rcerben ben SBrief/ ben @ie fyaben roollen/ in ber atten $tfte 
ftnben. 

124. £)te fdjone/ Heine greunbin be§ alten SttanneS fd)ic!te tyre grofe Jttjle 
nad) ber (Station/ wett fte §ur (Stabt fafyren roollte. 

125. #aben @ie We 2Cbftd)t/ un$ fetbft au$ ber ©tabt su fyoten unb nad) ber 
(Station §u fatten? 



xxvz. 

126. SGMr muffen fetbft fasten/ n>ctl Sfjre greunbtn ben Wiener au6gef<$t(ft 

127. SBeit tyre £>ienerin bie $utfd)e nicr)t beftettt fyatte/ §at bte reid>e 2Ctte 
nidjt auSfafjren !5nnen. 

128. (§r tjatte nidjt tit 2Cb|td)t/ ben guten tftten ben S3rief befietlen $u 
laffen. 

129. Saffen ©ic mir biefen SSrief gleid) nad) ber f>ojf beftetlen. 

130. £ic £tetne $4f t^rer greunbin bie JKfte in tyrer ^utfctje bringen 
taffen. 



20 THE MASTERY SERIES. 



XXVH. and xxvin. 
... the already often-proposed longer journey . . . 

XXVK. 

131. He has often intended to make the journey to London, but has not 
been able to do it. 

132. Send me the larger, and to your friend the smaller box. 

133. If he has not given the letter to the servant, he has not had it 
himself. 

134. We have repeatedly intended to take this journey. 

135. The richer man has the finer coach and the wiser friend. 



XXVIII. 

136. Did the servant give orders directly about that box which has been 
sent to the station ? 

137. We cannot ourselves see about that letter which has been given to 
him. 

138. Did she herself drive you to the nearest station in her coach? 

139. He has very often wished to undertake that longer journey. 

140. If he had been able to set out at onee, he would have taken the 
letter himself! 



XXIX. and XXX. 

. . . with all possible despatch to undertake. 



141. Send me the letter as soon as possible. 

142. Are you going to take only this box to the station ? 

143. You will find the letter under the box, if you wish to have it. 

144. We advise the young man not to undertake this journey. 

145. She advised her pretty young friend not to go to town. 



GERMAN. 21 



XXVII. and XXVIIL 

. . . bte fd)on oft ttorgefyabte langere Steife . . . 

. . . the already often proposed longer journey . . 



131. <5r §at fdjon oft t>orgel)abt/ bie S^etfe nad) Sonboti §u madden/ ^ai fie 
aber mdf)t madfjen I6nn.cn. 

132. <5cf)tcfen ©ic mir Me gtbgere unb Sfyrem grcunbebtt fletnere £tjre. 

133. SBenn er tern Wiener ben S3rief nicfyt gegeben §at, fo $at er t$n felbjt 
nid)t gefyabr. 

134. SBSir l)abcn fcfyon ofter bte 2Cbftd)t gefyabf, biefe SHeifc §u macfyen. 

135. £)er reicfyere 9ttann 1)at hit fdjonere Jtutfrte unb ben flugeren gteuab, 



xxvxir. 

136. %at ber Wiener bte nad) bet Station gefd^icfte JUfte gtetd) beftetft? 

137. fCStr fbnnen ben tym gegcbcnen 23rief mctjt felbjt bejleKen. 

138. $at fie Sie tn ti>rcr £uifd)e felbjr gur nddhfren (Sifenbalm gcfatyren ? 

139. (£r t)at bie langere 3?etfe fcfyon oft madden pollen. 

140. (5c wurbe ben SJrief felbjt beftellt tyaben/ roenn er f)atte gleid) fasten 
f&nnen. 



XXIX. and XXX. 

fcbalb al§ nur mogltcb ju unterne^mem 

so-soon as only possible to undertake. 



141. ®d)fcfen <Sie mir ben *Brtef fobalb alS mogltd)* 

142. SBerben <§ie nur biefe £ifte nad) ber (Station bringen? 

143. ©ie roerben ben S5rief tmter ber^tfte ftnben/ wenn @te tfm tjaben 
uwllen. 

144. 2Btr ratten Urn jungen Scanner biefe S^eife ntdjt §u unternefymen. 

145. <&it fjat itjrer fdjonen gremlin ben Sfaity gegeben, md)t nad) ber 
Stabt gu fafyren. 



22 THE MASTERY SERIES. 



146. Do not undertake to make this box directly, for you cannot do it. 

147. As soon as we are able, we will give your governess the letter. 

148. If you are only willing, you will be well able to do it. 

149. Did not this young lady advise the friend not to venture. on that 
long voyage ? 

150. We do not often undertake to drive ourselves in that old coach to 
the town. 

But at last the old lady sent out for her box, because she was determined 
to undertake the often-projected long journey as soon as possible. 



FIFTH SENTENCE. 

I hear that the ship, which zvas expected very early yesterday morning, 
will hardly be able to arrive here even this evening, in consequence, 
I suppose, of the very bad weather. 

XXXI. and XXXII. 

I hear that the ship, which was expected already early yesterday 
morning, . . . 

XXXI. 

151. As the old lady could not give the advice to her good friend 
yesterday, that friend made the great mistake. 

152. The old servant had expected the ship already yesterday morning, 
and had intended to go in a boat to meet it. 

153. She has often intended to make the journey. 

154. The clever teacher had a coach ordered yesterday morning, in order 
to go to the nearest railway station. 

155. He caused himself to be taken to the ship early, and intended to 
order the captain to come to him. 



xxxzz. 

156. The old lady sent her servant for the good teacher. 

157. She intends to have her box sent to the ship early to-morrow 
morning. 

158. Have you not heard that the ship could not start for London 
yesterday? 

159. If the old servant has not sent the box by rail, we must wait for the 
next ship. 

160. Can you undertake to send this box to-morrow morning to the 
station for me ? 



GERMAN. 23 



146. Unterneljmen @ie nicfyt biefe Jtifte gtetd) gu madjen/ menn @ie mdjt 
E6nnen. 

147. ©obalb att tort fonnen, rcerben ttrir S^trer 2er>rerin ben SSrtef geben. 

148. SKenn ©ie nut wotfen, fo wer&en ©te fdjon !6nnen. 

149. Jfrat biefe junge £>ame ber greunbtn ntd)t geratfyen/ bte lange Steife 
md)t ju unternefymen ? 

150. 2Btr unternetjmen ntcfyt oft/ felbjl in ber alten ^utfdje nad) ber <Stabt 
$u fasten. 

tfber enblid) fd>£cfte bte liltz au§/ unb befletlte tyre £tfte/ weft fte bte 
2Cbftd)t %attt f bte fdjon oft ttorgefyabte lange SKetfe fobalb aU nur moglid) gu 
unterneljmen. 



FIFTH SENTENCE. 
XXXI. and XXXH. 

S$ fyore, bag ba§ fcfyon gefiern Sftorgen fail) erwartete @d)iff. . . 

I hear that the abeady yesterday morning early expected ship . . . 



151. £ta bte alte £5ame tyrer guten greunbin geftern ben 9fcat$ nicfyt l)at 
geben fonnen, fo r;at biefelbe ben grofen geljler gemadjt. 

152. £)er alte Wiener Ijatte baS (Scfyiff fd)on geflern SDZorgen errcartet/ unb 
fyatte ttorgefyabr, nad) bemfelben gu fafyren. 

153. ©te fyat fdjon oft &orgej?abt, bte Sfteife ju macben. 

154. £)er fluge £el)rer Ikp ftd> geftern frtty eine&utfcfye befMen/ urn gu ber 
nacfyften (Sifenbalmftatton gu faljren. 

155. (5r lief ftd) fd)on frity gum @d)tff fafyren unb fyatti ttorgeljabt/ ben 
(Sajritatn (or (Captain) gu ftd) gu bejMen. 



156. £)te alte £)ame fcfytcfte tyren Wiener unb lief ben guten Center gu ftd) 
beftellen. 

157. ©ie will ftd) tyre Jttjte morgen frur) nad) bem @d)iffe fdjtcfen laffen. 

158. pabtn ©te nidjt gefyort/ bag bag ©cfytff gejtern ntc^t nad) bonbon fyat 
fasten lonnen ? 

159. SSenn ber alte Wiener Me Mfe nidjt mit ber (Sifenbatyn gefdjicft bat# 
fo mufien roir bag n&cfyfte <Sd)iff ewarten. 

16a. lonnen ©te unternetjmen/ mtr btefe $tfte morgen frfil) nad) ber 
(Station gu fdjtcten ? 



24 THE MASTERY SERIES. 

XXXHI. and XXXIV. 
. , . even this evening, as I believe, . . . 



161. Her old friend has, I hear, been unable to take the intended trip to 
town this evening. 

162. He would not even believe the old teacher. 

163. I do not hear so well as his servant. 

164. As the old lady mistrusted the advice of her servant, she made yes- 
terday, as I hear, the mistake which you and your friend expected. 

165. The rich lady expected her ship to arrive yesterday. 



xxxzv. 

166. If you have only got that little box, we can take it ourselves to the 
station in the carriage to-night. 

167. As you won't believe me, send for the old servant, and hear him. 

168. Do you think that we shall be able to start for London to-morrow 
morning ? 

169. His little friend will not undertake that voyage, because her old 
teacher has advised her not to go. 

1 70. If we cannot send the letter to-night, we think that the old man 
will take it to town to-morrow morning. 



XXXV. and XXXVI 

, . . on account of the very bad weather, hardly . . . 



171. The ship has not been able to leave to-day,, on account of the bad 
weather. 

172. The servant of the rich young lady thought he might expect good 
weather to-day. 

173. The lady often took a drive in her old coaeh, even in very bad 
weather. 

1 74. I did not expect this bad weather. 

175. If the young teacher had believed the advice of his friend, he would 
hardly have driven out to-day in the bad weather. 



GEEMAN, 25 



XXXIII. and XXXIV. 

. . . felbfr f)tuU 2lbenb, rote icb gtaube, . . . 

. . . even to-day evening, as I believe, . . . 
23E3CZXX. 

161. Sfyr alter greunb &af> roie id) l)6re, tyeute 2Cbenb tie r>orge!)abte Sftetfe 
nad) ber@tabt ntdjt madden fonnen. 

162. @r %at nid)t etnmal bem alten Setter glauben roollen. 

163. 3d) l)6re nid)t fo gut/ rote fetn ^tener. 

164. £)a bte alte £>ame bem Sfcttrj ifcrer £>tenertn nidtf f)at glauben roollen, 
fo f)at fie/ rote id) i)6re, geftern ben getter gemad)t, ben <Sie unb SJr greunb 
erroartet fyaben. 

165. £)ie retd)e Qamt §at tyz ©d)tff fdjon geflern erroartet. 

sczxnr. 

166. SSenn ©te nur bte Heine &ifre fyaben, fo !6nnen rotr fie fyeute 2fbenb 
felbft in ber $utfd)e nad) bcr Station brtngen. 

167. £)a @te mtr n(d)t glauben roollen, fo lafjen ©ie ben alten Wiener fjolen 
unb l)6ren <Sie i§n. 

168. ©lauben @ie> bag roir morgen frur; nad) Scnbon roerben fabren 
fonnen ? 

169. (Seine fteine greunbin roitl tie 3?eife nid)t unternefymen, roetl tr)r alter 
£el)rer itjir ben Slaty gegeben fyat, nid)t ju fabren. 

170. £8enn roir ben SSrief r)eute 2£benb nid)t fdncfen fonnen, fo glauben 
roir, ba$ ber alte SKann tyn morgen frur; nad) ber (Stabt bringt. 



XXXV. and XXXVI. 

. . . roegen be§ fcljr fefylecfyten 2Better§, fd>voerlic^ . . . 

. on-account of-the very bad weather, hardly . . . 

XXXV, 

171. £>aS ©dbtff r)at roegen beg fd)Ied)tcn 2£etter§ fyeute -nicr)t far)ivn 
fonnen. 

172. £>er Wiener ber reid)en, jungen £>ame tat geglaubt/ tyeufe fdjoneS 
SBetter etroarten §u fonnen. 

173. £)ie £>ame lief fid) oft, felbjt in fer)r fd}led)tem better, in tr)rer alien 

Jlutfdje ausfafyren. 

174. 3d) r)abe ba§ fcblecfyte ^Better nid)t erroartet. 

175. SBenn ber junge Setter bem Slaty? feineS greunbe§ geglaubt fyatti, fo 
rourbe er fjeute in bem fd>led)ten SBetter fd)rocr(id) auSfafyren. 

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26 THE MASTERY SERIES. 



XXXVI. 

176. I had intended to-day to take a journey to the nearest town; but on 
account of the bad weather, the ship and the trains do not start. 

177. I hear the coach which the servant has ordered. 

178. Her friend sent for a coach yesterday, as he did not expect to be able 
to go by boat, on account of the bad weather. 

179. If we have the same bad weather to-morrow as to-day, we cannot 
possibly go to town. 

180. As yon cannot possibly go to-day, on account of the bad weather, 
you will have to wait here. 



XXXVII and XXXVIII. 

. . . more here will arrive. 

xxxvzz. 

181. We cannot send the old servant any more to-day. 

182. She would not give me her good advice any more. 

183. The servant will not come again to-day, as I hear. 

184. He can scarcely have intended to order that coach for himself. 

185. If we want to drive to town, we send the old servant to order the 
carriage. 

XXXVIII. 

186. I should go by rail. 

187. Shall we travel to-day ? 

188. If she does not trust her old friend's counsel, we will not listen to 
her any more. 

189. He will send for the letter presently; pray let him have it. 

190. Do you think that the ship will be unable to arrive here to-day, on 
account of the weather ? 

I hear that the ship which was expected early yesterday morning, can, 
as I believe, hardly arrive here this evening, on account of the bad 
weather. 



GERMAN. 27 



XXXVI. 



176. 3d) fyattt fceute ttorgefyabt/ tie Stetfe §ur ndd)ften St^t §u madden ; 
ba$ (Sdjtff unb Me (5ifenbal)n fafjren abet: beS fefyr fd)ted)ten ^Betters megen 
fyeute ntcfyr. 

177. 3d) l)6re tie £utf$e/ tie ber Wiener befMt &at 

178. 3t)r greunb lief ftd) geflern bte <£utfd)e bejMen, ba er glaubte, megen 
beg fd)led)ten SBetterS nid)t in bem ©cfytff fasten ju f onnen. 

179. SBScnn unr morgen baffelbe fd)led)te SBetter fyaktn f mie fyeute/ fo 
fonnen mir unmogltd) jur @>tabt fafyren. 

180. 3)a ©tc/ megen beg fd)led)ten ^Betters, unm&gltcf) tjeute faljren f onnen/ 
fo merben (Sie §ter marten muffen. 



XXXYH. and XXXVIII. 

. . . mefyr fyter anfommen ttnrb* 

. . . more here arrive will. 

XXXVII. 

181. SSMt fonnen ben alten Wiener r)eute md)t mefyr fcfytcfen. 

182. ©fc bat mir ifyren guten Slaty nicfyt mefyr geben mollen. 

183. £)er Wiener mirb/ trie id) ijore/ tyeute nid)t mefyr lommen. 

184. (Sr fyat fcfymerltd) sorgefyabt, ftcf) tie £utft$e §u bejrellen. 

185. SOSenn mir §ur (Stabt fasten wollen/ fo fcfytcfen mir ben alten £>iener, 
urn bte JCutfdje §u beftellen. 



XXXVIII. 

186. 3d) murbe in ber (Sifenbalm fasten, 

187. SSMen mir tyeute bit SReife madben ? 

188. ©laubt fie btm Slaty tyrei alten greunbeS ntd)t/ fo mollen mir fie 
nid)t mel)r l)6ren. 

189. (§r mirb ftd) ben SSrief gleid) tyolen laffen , taffen ©ie tyntyn nur 
fyaben. 

190. ©lauben @te, bag ba§ ©djtjf be3 ISSetterS megen tjeute md)t $ter an* 
lommen Eonnen mirb ? 

ScTj l)5re^ baf ba§ fd)on geftern ^ftorgen frufy ermartete @d)tff fetbfr tyeure 
tfbenb/ mie id) glaube, megen be§ fdblecfyten SQSetter^/ fcfymerltd) mefjr t)ier 
anfommen mirb. 

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28 THE MASTERY SERIES. 



SIXTH SENTENCE. 



We will for once follow him and his friend, and we had better have the 
lighter part of the luggage fetched directly ', and taken to the neigh" 
bouring hotel ; and we will go to bed there as soon as possible, 

XXXIX. and XL. 

We will follow him and his friend for once, . . , 

X3ESIS. 

191. He has not felt disposed to follow the good advice which his old 
friend has caused to be given to him. 

192. His old teacher would not undertake to advise him. 

193. I believe that he has once before made a longer excursion in En- 
gland. 

194. If you will only wait, you will soon learn that you will be obliged 
to be here to-morrow morning. 

195. The old man probably will not consent to fetch the letter. 

196. The coach will with difficulty be able to convey the luggage. 

197. Come as early as possible, and don't keep us waiting. 

198. Have you sent the servant once before to-day to town to the old 
lady, to fetch the box ? 

199. The journey is longer than I thought, but very beautiful. 

200. Come, if possible, to-night; but if you can't, we shall expect you in 
good time to-morrow. 



XLI. and XLII. 

. , . and rather fetch the lighter luggage directly, . . , 

XXiZ. 

201. The servant has sent the luggage to town in the coach. 

202. He has sent his servant to town to fetch a lighter coach. 

203. When the carriage of the lady's rich friend arrives, we will send the 
servant to town at once. 

204. As soon as the boat arrives to-morrow, we will go to fetch his long- 
expected friend. 

205. He will most likely prefer to go to town to-day, rather than to- 
morrow. 



GERMAN. 29 



SIXTH SENTENCE. 
XXXIX. and XL. 

SBtr xvoUzn ifym unb feinem greurtb etnmal folgen, . . . 

We will him and his friend for- once follow, . . . 

191. G£r $at bem guten fflatty, ben t(;m fetn alter greunb fyat geben taffen/ 
md)t folgen pollen. 

192. <Setn alter Sefyrer $at ntd^t unternetjmen rootten/ tym §u ratten. 

193. gcf) glaube/ bag er fdjon frufjer etnmal eine langere Sfatfe nad) (£n$* 
lanb gem ad) t r;at. 

■ 19-i. 2£enn (Ste nur marten Molten* fo irerben ©te gletd) fyoren, ba$ ©te 
morgen friftj roerben l)ier fetn muffen. 

195. £er alte SDlann with ben S3rtef feller ltd) fyolen roollen, 

XI,. 

196. £)te Jtutfcfye n?trb bag ©epacf raum fafrrenionnen. 

197. Jtommen @tc fo frut) rote mogitd) unb (aften ®te un§ ntdjt marten. 

198. £aben @te ben £)tener l;eute fd)on einmal ju bet alten £>ame tn bie 
©tabt gefd)idt, urn tie J^tjte ju fyolen? 

199. £)ie SReife tjt langetv aft id) geglaubt fyattt, aber fefyr fd)5n. 

200. jtommen @ie/ roenn mogttd> fyeute 2Cbenb 5 rc-enn tSte aber md)i 
!6nnen/ fo merben rotr @ie morgen frut) erwarten. 

XLI. and XLII. 

. . . unb ba§ feidbterc ©cpacf licber a(cid) feofen, . . . 

. . . and the lighter luggage better directly fetch, . . . 

201. £er £)tener fyat ka$ ©epdcf in ber JDulfdfee gur ©tabt gefd)tcff. 

202. @r fyat fetnen £>tener nad) ber &tabt gefd)t4t/ urn eine leid)tere ^utfd;e 
5U &ole». 

203. fOSenn Me Jtutfde bes reidien greunbeS ber £)ame anfommt, fo foioHen 
ttur ben Wiener gletd) $ur ®tabr fdritfen. 

204. ©obalb aU ba$ Sdjtff morgen anfommt/ molten wlr fetnen lange 
ermarteten greunb t)olen. 

205. <gr mtrb lieber r;eute, alS morgen nad) ber ^tabt fallen molten. 



30 THE MASTERY SERIES. 



ZX.ZZ. 

206. Has -his servant fetched his luggage already? 

207. "Will you not rather send the servant to the post-office? 

208. He has sent the luggage to town by coach this morning already, 
because the stage will not go any more to-night. 

209. Allow yourself at length to be advised for once, and do not go any 
more in that bad old boat. 

210. If the luggage should arrive to-day, send it for us to the hotel 
directly. 



XLIIT. and XLIV. 

. . . and cause to be taken to the nearest hotel, . . . 

XIiIII. 

211. The lady is going to have her luggage brought to the railway to- 
morrow morning. 

212. Your friend ordered his coach to be brought for him to the station, 
but it will not arrive. 

213. On account of the bad weather, we will rather let the luggage be 
taken to the station at once in the coach. 

214. If I did not expect the luggage, I should drive to town at once. 

215. Shall we drive to the hotel at once? 



XLIV. 

216. She would not consent to be driven to the neighbouring town, not 
even in the old lady's carriage. 

217. Send me the wine I have ordered at once, if you can, to-night. 

218. If you have not already taken this journey, you can hardly believe 
how easily you can do so. 

219. Believe me, that that young man would rather have followed his old 
teacher's advice than not. 

220. If you go to town, fetch me that box we have left at the hotel. 



GERMAN. 31 



TTTiTT, 

206. Jg*at fein Wiener fern ©epdc! fdfjon gefyolt ? 

207. SSotfen ©ie ntdjt lieber ben £)tener jur f)of! fd)tcfen ? 

208. G£r Jat bag ©epdcf fdjon fjeute SJXorgen in ber JCutfd>e nad) bee ®tabi 
gefefyieft, Weil bie $poft fyeute 2Cbenb nid)t mefyr fasten with. 

209. £affen <Ste ftd) enbltd) etnmal ratten/ unb fasten @ie nid)t metyr in 
bem alten fd)led)ten ©d)i?f. 

210. SKenn ba$ ©epdcf fteufe anfommt, fo fd)tcfen @ie un$ baffelbe gletd) 
nad) bem £otel. 



XL1H. and XLIV. 

... unb ju bem rtafyen ®aftf)au§ bringen laffen, . . . 

. . . and to the near hotel to-bring cause, . . . 
XT.TTT. 

211. fbie £)ame ttrirb fid) tyt ©epdcf morgen frail) nad) ber (5ifenbal)n 
brtngen laffen. 

212. 3£r greunb $at fid) feine £utfd)e ju ber Station tyolen laffen, aber 
biefelbe ttnrb nicfyt anfommen. 

213. SBegen be$ fd)led)ten betters molten wit t>a$ ©epdcf lieber gleid) in ber 
itutfcfye §ur (Station brtngen laffen. 

214. £Benn tcfy ba§ ©epdcf ntdjt erwartete, fo rcurbe id) gletd^ nad) ber 
©tabt fafyren. 

215. SBollen tote gletd) nad) bem #otel fasten? 



XLIV. 

216. <Sie fyat fid) ntc^t etnmal in ber ^utfdje ber alten £)ame nad) ber 
naljen ©tabt fafyren laffen molten. 

217. ©d)tcfen ©tc mir ben £Bein, ben id) beftellt i)ab? f mm <Sie fonnen, 
gletdfj fyeute 2tbenb. 

218. ©te fonnen !aum glauben, mte leicfyt ©te bie SRetfe madjen E5nnen# 
menn ©ie fie ntd)t felbfl gemacfyt fyaben. 

219. ©lauben ©ie mir, bag ber junge 9D£ann bem SRatty femes alten Setters 
lieber gefolgt l)dtte, oil nidtjt. 

220. SSenn ©ie nad) ber ®takt faljren, fo fjolen ©ie mir bte £ifre, bie 
ttrit in btm ©afrtyaus gelaffen fjaben. 



32 THE MASTERY SERIES. 



XLV. and XL VI. 

. . . and go to bed there as soon as possible. 

XIV. 

221. Come early, if you can. Very well ! we will come as soon as 
possible. 

222. Put the letter into the box, and leave it there. 

223. Shall we go to bed so early ? 

224. His friend wanted to send for his luggage as soon as possible, but 
the servant preferred not to fetch it to-day, on account of the bad weather. 

225. If he does not believe the good advice of his friend, he will make 
that great blunder. 

XX VS. 

226. If she intended to take her friend's prudent advice, she would drive 
to town at last. 

227. He wanted to take the journey himself. 

228. She has not even wished to take the beautiful tour. 

229. The old servant has intended to go to bed very early to-night ; 
he feels very ill. 

230. The man who offered to fetch the box for the young lady's friend to 
whom he had brought the letter, has been obliged to leave it in town. 

We will for once follow him and his friend, and have the lighter part of 
the luggage fetched directly and taken to the neighbouring hotel, and go 
to bed there as soon as possible. 



SEVENTH SENTENCE. 

A pressing letter from a sick business- acquaintance, which has just been 
brought to me, renders it necessary for me to take a short excursion 
to visit a small watering-place on the northern coast of Germany, 

XL VII. and XL VIII. 

A pressing letter from a sick business-friend, . . . 

231. The good old man intended to take that pressing letter himself to 
the post at once. 

232. The old friend of the rich lady wished to fetch the long letter. 

233. The next letter from his sick friend can hardly arrive to-day. 

234. His long-expected business-acquaintance will arrive to-day at last, 
and bring the long-expected letter of the beautiful young lady. 

235. As soon as that letter arrives, he will be able to make the long- 
intended journey on business. 



- GERMAN. 33 

XLV. and XL VI. 

. . . unb un§ ba moglicfyji baib tnS *8ttt legem 

. . . and us there possiblest soon into-the "bed lay. 
XX. V. 

221. SBenn @ie lonnen, fo fommen @tc fruf) ! ®d)6n! mir werben m6g!id)ft 
baib fommen. 

222. Segen @tc ben SSrief in Me £tjte unb laffen <Sie tyn ba. 

223. SBotten mtt unS fdjon fo frul) mg 23ett legen ? 

224. ©etn greunb §at mSgltdhft baib nacb fctnem ©epacf fd)icfen mollcn, 
ater ber Wiener $at baffelbe b*6 fd)led)ten 2Better$ wegen fyeute lieber md)t 
fyolen rootfen. 

225. ©laubt er bem guten maty feineS greunbcS nid)t/ fo wt'rb er ben grefcn 
getter macfyen. 

XS.VI. 

226. 2£enn fte bit 2Cbftd>t r>atte, ben flugen £Katt) t^rcr greunbtn §u £6ren, 
fo ttmrbe fie enblid) einmal jur ®rabt fafcren. 

227. G£r bat bic Sfoife felbft madben pollen. 

228. @te fyat felbft tie fd)6ne SKetfe md)t macfyen wotlen. 

229. £>er alte Wiener fyut Dorgefyabt/ fid) tjeute 2Cbenb feljr frul; m§ S3etr §u 
legen 5 t&m ijt fci>r fd)led)t 

230. £)er Sttann, ber ber greunbtn ber jungen &amtt ber er ben 23rtef 
gebradjt fyatte, bie £ifte r;at Ijolen wollen, rj>at fie in ber ©tabt laffen muffen. 

2£tr motfen ibm unb feinem greunb etnmal folgen, unb bag leicbtere ©epdcf 
lieber gleid) ^oien unb ju bem natjen QJajt^auS bitngen lajien, unb une ba 
mogltcfyjt baib tnS SBett legen. 



SEVENTH SEXTEXCE. 
XL VII. and XL VIII. 

Sin btingenber 33rtef eirte$ Eranfen ©cfd^aftSfreun^cS, . . . 

A pressing letter of-a sick business-friend, . . . 
XZ.VZZ. 

231. £)er gure alte 5}lann §ai bm bringenben SSrief gleid) felbft §ur $)oft &u 
brtngen oorgefyabt. 

232. £)er alte greunb ber reid)en £)ame §at ben langen SSrtef tyolen 
mollen. 

233. £>er nacfyjte SSrtef feineg franfen greunbeS rctrb beutc fcfyrerlid) mefcr 
anfommen. 

234. (Sein lange ent>arie A er ©efcndftsfreunb with tyute enblid) anfommen 
unb ben lange ermarteten SBrief ber fd)onen, jungen £}ame bringen. 

235. ©obalb alt ber S3rief anfommt/ tturb er tie fdjon fo lange wraebabte 
@efd)dftgretfe madoen fonnen. 

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34 THE MASTERY SEKIES. 



XX.VIXX. 

236. He has concluded that important transaction to-day. 

237. If the rich lady had wished to do that important business, she could 
have sent the young servant to the town yesterday evening. 

238. If the boat does not get in so soon as we expect, we shall hardly 
arrive in town to-night. 

239. He fancies that a good business might be done here. 

240. I had scarcely sent the letter to the post-office before his friend 
arrived here himself. 



XLIX. and L. 

• . , which has just been brought to me, . . . 

XX.IX. 

241. A letter has been given to me just now, which the old lady has 
sent. 

242. The letter which the teacher's friend has sent to me to-day is very 
pressing. 

243. The servant has refused to give me the letter he has just brought. 

244; Has the letter been taken to town already ? 

245. If the coach has not arrived, we cannot send to fetch the letter. 



X.. 

246. I would rather send the old servant to the boat, and make him fetch 
the letter. 

247. Has the letter which the old teacher's business-friend so long in- 
tended to send to town not been sent to-day ? 

248. As the letter has not arrived, he will not go to bed. 

249. A letter has just been brought to me, which her old teacher has left 
here. 

250. It is not good, that the young man has been left here in this 
town. 



GERMAN. 35 



XZ.VZZZ. 



236. G£r fyat Ijeute ba§ gtof e ©efcfy&ft gemacfyt. 

237. SKknn bte reicfye £)ame ba6 grofk ©cfdjdft f)Stte macfyen toolfen, fo 
ttmrbe fie ten jungen £>tener fcfyon geftern^Cbenb nacf) ber (Stabtl)aben fcbicfen 
tonnen. 

238. 28enn ba§ @d)tff nidht fo frii| anfommt, rcie vote emarten/ fo n?erben 
nrir fdjweritd) tjeute 2fbenb in ber @tabt an!ommen. 

239. @r glaubt, bag fid) §ier ein ©efefyaft macfyen laffen ttirb. 

240. £aum fyattt id) ben SStrief $ur |toft gefd}tcft/ fo !am fein gretmb felbft 
fyier an. 



XLIX. and L. 

• . . weicfyer mtr fo tbtn gebracfyt rcorben tjl/ . . . 

. , . which to-me just now "brought been is, . . . 
XT.TX. 

241. 2Dttr if! fo eben ein SSrtef gegeben roorben, ben bte atte £ame gefcridt 

242. £er SSrief/ ben mtr ber greunb beS Severs fyeute gefefyieft l>at/ ift febr 
bringenb. 

243. £er Wiener fyat mir ben SBrief/ rcelcfyen er fo eben gebradjt f)aO ntdjt 

geben motfen. 

244. 3ft ber S5rtef fdjon nad) ber <Stabt gebrad)t rccrben ? 

245. 2Benn bie Jlutfcfye nid;t angefommen ijfc fo fonnen toic ben SSrtef md)t 
f)oten laffen. 



1. 

246. 3d) ttmrbe lieber ben alten Wiener ju bem ©djtff fdjitfen unb tfyn ben 
SSrief fyolen laffen. 

247. 3ft ber 35rtef, ben ber ©efefydftsfreimb beg alten Severs fdjon 
fo lange bie 2Cbftd)t fyatte/ nad) ber @rabt §u fcfytcfen, l)eute nid)t gefebitft 
ttjorben ? 

248. £)a ber SSrief ntdjt angefommen ift/ fo mirb er fid) ntcbt $u SSert 
legen. 

249. ?Q>ir ijl fo eben ein SBrief gebrad)t n>orben/ ben tljr alter Seljrer I;;er 
getaffen fyat. 

250. (56 ifl nid)t gut, bag ber junge 93lann f)ier in biefer ®tabt gefoffen 
rcorben ifl. 



36 THE MASTERY SERIES, 



LI. and LIL 

. . . compels me to a short excursion . . . 

X.Z. 

251. The old servant will prefer not to follow me into the town. 

252. His friend intended to ask me yesterday to join him at the 
hotel. 

253. The short excursion to the town is very pretty. 

254. We intended to have made the short excursion to the station yester- 
day in the carriage of the teacher's old friend. 

255. The intention of your friend to go to town to-day has compelled us 
to send to the railway early this morning, and to order the coach to the 

hotel. 

X.XZ. 

256. Take the luggage out of the coach, and take it into the house. 

257. As you press me so very hard, I shall not depart to-night. 

258. The excursion is short, you can easily make it. 

259. Send for us directly, as soon as the old man arrives, because we 
have to give him this letter. 

260. Do not urge me on to undertake this journey, because, I tell you for 
once, I won't do so. 



Lin. and LIV. 

... in order a very small bathing-place . . . 

till, 

261. The ship will go to the little bathing-place to-morrow. 

262. I think he would rather drive at once to the town, in order to be 
able to take her friend's pressing letter to the young lady at the hotel. 

263. He hardly heard me yesterday evening. 

264. On account of so small a mistake, the old teacher's guest has been 
unable to make the pleasant journey to the pretty little watering-place. 

265. The first hotel in the large town is very good, but not so good as 
the one in the little watering-place. 



GERMAN. 37 



LI. and LII. 

. . . notfytgt mid) $u eincm furjen tfuSflug, ... 

. . . compels me to a short excursion, . . . 
LI. 

251. £)er attt £)iener rotrb mix lieber mdjt in bte Stabt folgen roollen. 

252. @ein greunb'fyat mid) geftern §u fidj tn§ #otet notfyigen motfen. 

253. £)er furje 2UisfIug nad) ber (Stabt tfl fetyr fd)6n. 

254. SStr r)aben fdion geflern ben lur;en 2Cu§fXug §u ber Station tn ber 
£utfd)e beS atten greunbeS be& SetyrerS madjcn rootten. 

255. £)te 2Cbftd)t ifyre£ greunbeS, fcr-on fyeute nad) ber ©rabt §u fabren, hat 
unS genotfyigt/ ^eute Sttorgcn fru§ jur GStfen&afyn §u fdjtcJen unb bit £utfd)e 
$um £otel §u befMen. 



LII. 

256. 9lef)men <Ste ba§ ©epacf aug ber ^utfdje unb bringen @te baffelbe in 
ba$ £au§. 

257. £)a <Sie mid) fo bringenb notb;tgen/ fo it-erbe id) fyeute 2Cbenb nid)t 
fafyren. 

258. £)er 2Cu6fXug tfl !urj/ @te lonnen ifyn letcbt mad)en. 

259. Saflfcn @te un§ gleidb fjolert/ fobalb als ber 2Hte anlommt/ roeil roir 
tfym biefen 33rtef jU geben fyaben. 

260. Sftotfyigen ©ie mid) nid)t, biefe Sfteife $u unfernetymett/ weil id) biefetbe 
einmat nidjt madjen mill. 



Lin. and LIV. 

. . . urn etnen ganj fteinen SJabepIafe . . 

. . . in-order a very small bathing-place . . . 
LIU. 

261. £)a§ (Sd)iff mirb morgen md) hem lleinen S5abepta|e fafyren. 

262. 3d) gtaube er murbe lieber gleid) nad) ber @tabt fafyrem urn ber jungen 
£>ame ben bringenben SBrtef ifyrer greunbin in3 ^otel brtngen §u lonnen. 

263. (£r r;at mid) geftern #benb fd)merlid) gefyort. 

264. SSegen etne£ fo lleinen gefyters $at ber ©a(l beg alten Se^rere bxe 
fd)6ne 3£etfe nad) bem lleinen/ fdjSnen SBabeplag nid)t mad}en lonnen. 

265. £)a£ erfre @afrt?au§ in ber grofsen <Stabt tfl fefyr gut/ aber nidyt fo 
gut/ rote baS in bem lleinen £3abepta§. 



38 THE MASTERY SERIES. 



X.ZV, 

266. I expected him yesterday, but he has not arrived. 

267. If this place is too small for him, he will have to find a larger one 
for himself. 

268. Do you prefer bathing here ? 

269. To make this journey cannot have been rendered so totally imprac- 
ticable to him as he tries to make us believe. 

270. Is that little watering-place so very beautiful, as we have often 
heard ? 



LV. and LVI. 

... on the north coast of Germany to visit. 

X.V. 

271. That little place is, as I hear, on the northern coast of England. 

272. At last the ship arrived yesterday from Germany, but the old 
teacher has not arrived in it. 

273. Here is a pretty place, we shall visit it frequently. 

274. I would soon visit Germany, if I could. 

275. We have long intended to visit that little watering-place. 



X.VZ. 

276. If we wish to visit him, we shall prefer going by rail. 

277. If you intend to go to the concert, you will be obliged to get a place 
ordered beforehand. 

278. Never mind, let the boy come to visit us; we shall find room for 
him. 

279. Come and see us to-night after business ; you will find a dear old 
friend. 

280. I hear that the ship in which our long-expected friends were to 
come, arrived off the north coast last night, 

A pressing letter from a sick business-acquaintance, which has just been 
brought to me, compels me to (take) a short excursion, in order to visit a 
small watering-place on the northern coast of Germany. 



QERMAN. 



Z.IV. 



39 



266. 3d) erwartete it)n fa>n geffern, er Eft aber nicrt gefommen. 

267. SOBenn ber ¥>(a§ it)m ju fteta iff, fo roirb er: ft* etnen groferen ftnben 
muffen. 

268. SSaben ©ie liebet bier ? 

269. £>tefe Sftetfe $u madben, r)at tt)m ntd)t fo gan§ unmoglid) gemad)t iter* 
ben fonnen, rote er une glauben madben rotlL 

270. 3ff ber Heine SBabcplag fo fefyc fd)6n, rote nrir oft get)6rt t>ben ? 



LY. and LYL 

... an ber iJZorbfufle uon ©eutfcfclanb, ju bcfudben. 

... on the north-coast of Germany to visit 
X.V. 

271. £>er Heine tyla% tfo «>ie ** f)btc, an ber 9fcorbffifte Don (Sngtanb. 

272. £a§ ©*tff iff geftern enblid) son £eutfd)tanb t)ier angefommen, aber 
ber alte Secret iff in bemfelben md)t angefommen. 

273. £ter iff ein fd)6ner $pia|/ ben wolfcn roit oft bcfudben. 

274. 3d) wfirbe £)eutfd)tanb balb befucben, menn id) !6nnte. 

275. SSir b>aben fd)on tange oorgebabt, ben fletnen SBabepfog einmal $u 
befudjen. 



I, VI. 

276. SSknn wir it)n befucben rcotlen, fo fasten mir (ieber in ber (Stfen* 
bafyn. 

277. SBenn ©tc baS Concert befucben pollen, fo werben ©te fid) etnen 9>!a| 
beffellen (affcn muffen. 

278. Saffen <2ie ben 3ungen un£ nuc befud}en fommen 5 rcir rcerben fdjon 
$p(a$ fur tbn ftnben. 

279* fommen Sic un3 ioeute 2Cbenb nad) bem @efd)aft befudjenj @te 
irerben cinen tteben alien greunb ftnben. 

?80. £a3 ©cl'iff/ in rceWbem unfere lange erroarte:en greunbe fommen 
follten/ iff geffern 2Cbenb an bee 9loitluffe angefommen j fo bore id). 

@m brtngenber IBrtef etneS franfen ©efdjaftSfreunbeS, welder mir fo 
eben gebrad)t morben iff, nott)igt mid) ju etnem furjen tfueflug/ urn etnen 
fteinen &abepla§ an bee ^orbEuffe son £>eutfd)ianb &u be)uct>n. 



40 THE MASTERY SERIES. 



EIGHTH SENTENCE. 

WeUj come along. You know very ivell hoiv few answers have been 
received to my first enquiry in last Monday } s paper ; howeve?*, there 
is still room for hope, 

LVII. and LVIII. 
Yes, go you with us; and it is well known, you see, . . . 

X.VXX. 

281. Yes, you see, they would not believe me. 

282. Have they already given him the letter which his old friend sent 
him to-day ? 

283. Yes ; they gave it to him already early this morning. 

284. I do not know the nearest station of that railway, so you had better 
send the servant. 

285. They sent for us yesterday morning to come to town. 

ZsVIEX. 

286. He has been compelled to send his servant twice to the ship. 

287. As soon as the ship arrives, send a servant to the nearest hotel, to 
order a bed for me. 

288. Look you, they have been expecting me a long time ; the old lady's 
carriage is already there. 

289. I know full well that we cannot manage this so easily as you 
believe. 

290. I think that we can no longer expect the letter by this mail. 



LIX. and LX. 

. . . how few answers to my first enquiry . . . 

291. I see that the coach will hardly arrive any more to-day. 

292. He would rather go to bed soon, because he is not well. 

293. The old lady believes that her little friend is not well, and has 
advised us to send her to some small watering-place on the northern coast 
of Germany. 

294. In the letter which arrived here yesterday is the answer, which he 
meant to have given us long ago. 

295. Will you go with us ? Yes, if you wish it ! — Very well, come along 
then at once ; we cannot wait long. 



GERMAN. 41 



EIGHTH SENTENCE. 
LVII. and LVIIL 

3a, gefyen @fe mit tm§ 5 imt> feben ©ie, man wetg gatr 5 jtootyl, . . . 

Yes, go you with us, and look you, one knows very well . . . 

281. Set/ fefyen ©te, man $at mtr md)t glauben mollen. 

282. $at man tt)m ten SSrtef, bm fetii alter greunb u)m §eute aefcl)icft t)af, 
fd)on gegeben ? 

283. 3a/ man $at ifym benfelben fci)cn teufe Bergen frut) gegeben. 

284. 3d) wetfj Me nad)jre ©tation ber (Stfenbafyn md)t, fcfyttfen ©ie lieber 
ben -Dtener. 

285. 9J?an tjat unS geircrn fvuf) jur Srabt tjoten tajfen. 

286. @r iff $ziibtty$t iroitcn/ fetnen Wiener smermal nad) bem (Sdjtff 3a 
fdhtcfen. 

'287. (So balb al§ baS Sdfnff anlommf/ ftfucfen <Ste ctnen Wiener nacl) 
bem ndd)ften ©aftJauS, urn mtr etn $8ett §ti befreUen. 

288. (Sefyen @te> man ermartet mid) fd)on lange 5 bte £mfd)e ber airen 
&atm tjr fdjon ba. 

289. 3d) wetg xvoty, ba$ ttur MefeS md)t jo letd)t mad)en tonnen/ rote @ie 
glauben. 

290. 3d) glaube/ baf? tr-tr ben SSrtef mit biefer spoft ntcfyt mefyr ju ermarfen 
fyaben. 

LIX. and LX. 

. . . nne wentge 2Cntroorten auf mcine erjie 2Cnfrage . . . 

... how few answers to my first enquiry . . . 

291. 3d) fetye tt>o$t/ ba^ bte £iufd)e f)eute fcfyrerltd) mefyr anfommen 
urirb. 

292. (£r nrirb fid) lieber balb ^u S5ett brtrtgen lancn, ba er nid)t tvofyt 
9. 

293. £)te alte £)ame alaubt, ba$ tfyre tletne greunbin mcfot rootyl tft/ unb 
t)at unS geratfyen/ fte nad) etnem tletnen 95abcpla| an ber Sfcorbtufte £eurfd)= 
lanb'S iu (d)icfen. 

294. 3n bem SSncf/ ber gefletn fyter angefommen tjt, tjt bte 2fntir-ort/ bte er 
un§ fcfyon lange f)dt geben wollen. 

295. SSkrben (5te mit unS gefyen ? 3a/ menn <Sie roollen !— @d)6m fo 
fommen ©tc gletd) 5 mtr lonnen ntcbt lange it-arten. 



42 THE MASTERY SERIES. 



Z.X. 

296. One hardly believes how easily this might be done. 

297. If you don't want to go out with us, I suppose we shan't go either. 

298. If his friend is not well, he will be obliged to send for a doctor. 

299. Didn't he want to reply to his old friend's letter yesterday ? 

300. Eeply to his letter as soon as possible. 



LXI. and LXI1. 

... in our Last Monday's paper till now . . . 

Z.XZ. 

301. The last answer of our young teacher's friend is very short. 

302. He is obliged to make his answer to the pressing enquiry of his old 
friend as short as possible, and to give it as soon as possible. 

303. Our old servant has, upon the advice of his prudent friend, made a 
bathing-excursion to a watering-place in Germany. 

304. I had intended to-day to make an enquiry in town, for a good 
servant, 

305. The last letter but one of my old business-friend is very pressing 
and long. 



X.XZZ. 

306. The day is long, and the weather is fine ; shall we make an excur- 
sion to the coast ? 

307. Would you not prefer to go to town on Monday ? 

308. Do you not find this day finer than the last on which we intended 
to go out of town ? 

309. Till now I have not heard from our friend in England. 

310. "Wait there till I come; I shall not keep you waiting long. 



GERMAN. 



X.X. 



43 



296. gjton glaubt laixm, mie letd)t ftd> biefeS mad)en laffen ttmrbe, 

297. SScnn ©ie nidfot mit un3 auSgetyen wollen/ fo roetben wit moty felbft 
md)t gefyen. 

298. SBSenn fetn greunb ntd)t »o$l tjt/ fo rctrb er &u einem doctor fdbtctcn 
muffin. 

299. £at er gejtern nid^t auf ben SSrtef femes alten greunbeS antroorten 
roollen ? 

300. tfntwotf en @tc auf feinen SSrief fobalb aft nur moglid). 



LXI. and LXII. 

in unferer tefeien SRontagSjeitung bt6 iefet . 

. . . in our last Monday's-paper till now . . . 



X.3CX. 



301. ©ie lefcte tfntwort bet: greunbtn unfereS jungen Severs ifl fef)r 
furs. 

302. @r iff genortyigt, feme tfntwort auf bte bringenbe tfnfrage fetneg alten 
greunbeS mogltd)ft furj ^u mad)en unb btefetbc m6gUd)(t balb §u geben. 

303. Unfer alter ©tenet f)at auf ben Maty fetne§ flugen greunbeS etne 
SBaberetfe nad) etnem S3abepla£ in ©eutfd)lanb gemad)t. 

304. 3d) Ijatte sorgetyabt/ Ijeute in ber Stabt etne tfnfrage roegen eines 
guten ©ienerg §u mad)en. 

305. ©er wrtefcte S3rtef metneS alten ©efefyaftsfreunbe* ijl fef)r bringenb 
unb tana. 



LXII. 

306. ©er Sag ifl lang unb ba$ better tft fd)6n 5 rootfen nrir etnen EuSflug 
nad) ber Mfle madden ? 

307. SBftrben ©te md>t Iteber am ?Olontag nad) ber Btabt gef)en ? 

308. ginben ©ie ntd)t, bag btefer Sag fd)6ner i|fi aB ber lefcte/ an tem wit 
au§ ber ©tabt gefyen wotften ? 

309. S3t$ je|t l)abe tc^ nid)t von unferem greunbe in (Sngtanb get)6rt. 

310. SQSarten ©te ba f bit id) fomme 5 id) werbe ©te nid)t lange marten 
laffen. 



44 THE MASTERY SEMES. 



LXIII. and LXTV. 
. . . have reached you ; but can I still hope. 

IiXIXI. 

311. Yes, lie has been there, and has brought me a letter from you, 
which has obliged me to drive to town at once and fetch my friend from 
the railway-station. 

312. Has not the boat arrived yet ? 

313. I do not think so, as I hear that it can hardly arrive to-day, on 
account of the bad weather. 

314. Has he been at your house to-day to give you my letter ? 

315. I think he has, but I have not been there yet to fetch the letter. 

316. The weather is still very bad ; I do not think that we shall be able 
to go. 

317. I hear that you have been here once before to-day. 

318. Do you not believe yet that your friend there has committed a very 
great blunder ? 

319. Do come along at last ! I can't and won't wait any longer for you. 

320. How little may one expect to get a decent answer out of this lad ! 

"Well, go with us, and, look you, it is perfectly well known how few 
answers to my first enquiry in the last Monday's paper have reached you ; 
but I still can always hope. 



NINTH SENTENCE. 

The time for the arrival of the second train ??iust have past more than 
half an hour ago ) and it is now too late to receive the intelligence which 
you have been long expecting, and which you say you wanted so much. 

LXY. and LXYI. 

The time for the arrival of the second train . . . 

321. At the arrival of the mail, send my servant at once, to bring me my 
letters. 

322. Arrival comes from to arrive. 

323. The last evening-mail arrives here very early. 

324. I know well that my friend cannot now arrive to-day. 

325. My friend arrived yesterday evening by the boat from Germany, 
and was taken to a very bad hotel by his old servant. 



GERMAN. 45 

LXIII. and LXIV. 

... bet 3f>nen gercefen ftnb ; bod) fann id) nod) immer fjeffen. 

. . . with you been are ; but can I still always hope. 

311. 3a, er ift ha acwefen unb t)at mtr einen SSrtef son Sfenen gebrac!)t, 
bee mid) genotfeigt feat, gietd) natf) ber ©tabt §u faferen, urn metnen greunb 
son ber (Sifenbafynftation ju fyolen. 

312. 3ft hat Odbiff nod) immer m<M angefommen? 

313. 3d) glaube nid)t$ ha ia) feore, bag bajfetbe bcute megen be$ fd)led>ten 
fSSetter^ fdjwertfd) mefcr anfommen farm. . 

314. 3ft er feeute bei S^nen aar-efen, urn 3&nen metnen SBrtef ju bun* 

9C 315. 3d) gtaube ja, bod) bin id) nod) nid)t ba gewefen, urn mir ben SBrief $u 
fyoten. 

316. £a§ better tjt nod) tmmer fefer fd)led)tj id) glaube nid)f, ba? mir 
fabren lonnen. „ . „ . . . ~ , 

317 3d) bore, ba? ©te t>eutc 93torgen fdion etnmal §ter gewefen unb. _ 
318. ©tauben ®ie tmmer nod) ntd)f, ba? 3&r greunb ha etnen fet>r grofen 

li C 9. 9 ip^mmen@ie bod) enblid)! 3d) fann unb will ntd)t langer auf 
(Ste n^arten. 
320. $3te wenicj fann man bod) erwarten, yon biefem 3ungen etne gute 

2tntmort jit feoren ! 

3a, qeben £>ie mit un§ unb, fe^en ®ie, man mei? gan* mofel, mie menige 
Bntoorfen auf meine erfte ^nfrage in ber lefcien ^ontag^ettung bt$ nt 
bet 3t)ncngeroefen ftnb 5 bodr; fann \<a) nod) immer tjoffen. 



NINTH SENTENCE. 
LXV. and LXVI. 

£ie Sett fur tie 3£nfunft be§ jwetten 3uge8 . . . 

The time for the arrival of-the second train . . . 
LXV. 

321. S5et 2Cn!unft ber spojr, jtyttfen <3ie metnen Wiener gtetd) $u mtr, urn 
mtr meine SBrtefe &u brmgen. 

322. 2Cn!unft fommt Don anfommen. 

323. £)te lefcre ^benbpojt fommt feier fd)on fefer frut) an. 

324. 3* weif vm®, ba? mein greunb feeute ni*t mejr anfommen fann. 

325. ©fein greunb iff qejrern 2Cbenb mit bem @«iff sort ©cutfdhtanb .fcter 
angefommen, unb ift oon feinem alten Wiener in etn fefer fd)lecr,tes £otei ge* 
toaa)t morben. 



46 THE MASTERY SERIES. 



LXVI. 

326. Had we not better go at once by this train? 

327. It is useless to expect the arrival of the German boat to-day. 

328. He sent for our servant, and sent him out to enquire at what time 
we were to expect the train. 

329. The time is too short to send to-day to your friend's country- 
house. 

330. Do you not prefer being in the country at this time of the year, than 
in town? 



LXVIL and LXVIIL 

• . . must have past at least half an hour ago , . . 

LXVII. 

331. My servant must arrive with my letters in half an hour. 

332. We can easily drive from here to town in half an hour. 

333. I think it is already half an hour past the arrival of the mail. 

334. I must send a servant to the post-office at once to fetch my letters. 

335. Has he not once had the intention to visit a G-erman watering- 
place ? I think he has, but he has not been able to go, on account of press- 
ing business. 



LXVIII. 

336. He has just now come past here; have you not seen him ? 

337. It is fully now an hour that I have been waiting for him here. 

338. She has hoped to find to-day, at your place, at least two replies to her 
enquiry in last Monday's paper. 

339. The time is long past, and if your friend does not come immediately, 
we must go. 

340. If you go home and come past his house, just see how long he has 
been at home. 



GERMAN. 47 



ISVL 



326. gabren wit ntc^t (iebcr gleicb mir biefem 3uge? 

327. £ie Enfunft bes beutfa^en SdjijfeS ifi beure nicbr md>r $u mparten. 

32S. dv IteB unfercn £ienet fcmmen ur.b fcbicfre i'rn aus/ urn gu fragenj gu 

n?eld}er steit mir auf ten 3ug $u marten barren. 

329. £ie 3ett if: $u fur$, urn beure ncci) nadt) bem Sanbbaufe 3^tes greun^ 

bes ju fducfen. 

330. <ginb ©ic £U biefer ^eit nicbt i"ieber auf bem Sanbe/ ate in be: 
©tabt? 



LXVH. and LX\TH. 

. . . mup roemgjrenS cine ^alfcc Stunbc sorbet fein ; . . . 

. . . must at-least a half hour past be : ... 

LXVII, 

331. 9Xein SDtener mu§ mit meinen SSriefen in eincr t)atben 3rur.be aits 
fcmmen. 

332. £)cn bier bis $ur ^rabr fafyren roir leicbr in einer fjalfcen Stunbe. 

333. 3d) gfaube/ es ifr fcbon eine t)albe (Srunbe nad) 2Cnfunfr ber ftoji 

334. 3d) mu§ gteid) einen Diener nad) ber ^cft fdvicfen/ urn meine SBriefe 
jU (jolen. 

335. £at er nicbt einmal tk 2lbf:cbr geb^abt/ etnen S$abepla$ in £>eutfd)tanb 
3_u befudjen? 3d) glaube jai aber er bat roegen bringenter ©ef^aftc nicb: gut 
fabren fcnnen. 



IiXVIII. 

336. G?r ifr fc eben t)ier Dorbci aefcmmen; baben Sie u)n nicbt ae'eben ? 

337. 2cbcn eine ^runbe tana, mane ifr bier auf ibn. 

338. Sie bar beure menia/tens jmci 2intrrerren auf ibre Xnfragc in ber 
le.^ten 3ftcnrags$euung bei 3bnen gu ftnben gebcrr:. 

339. SXc 3_eit tft fdjon tange DQtbet, unb rrenn 3$* greunb nicbt gfetdj 

fcmmt, fo maijen rotr cjeben. 

340. HBenn 3ie nacb £au§ aeben unb an feinem £aufe ccrbet fcmmen/ fo 
feben Sie tofr einmal/ rcie langc n fdpn $u cpaufe ifr. 



48 THE MASTERY SERIES. 



LXIX. and LXX. 
• . . it is now, as you know, too late, , , . 

LXIX. 

341. Now is your time to find him at home ; he always goes out later. 

342. Don't you know, then, that 1 intend to undertake this journey as 
soon as possible ? 

343. There ! you See for yourself how easily any one can make that 
mistake. 

344. You might have known this full well, if you had listened to us. 

345. Well now, how is it ? is his teacher coming to visit us to-day? 

LXS. 

346. Would you not rather walk than go by rail ? 

347. At what hour does the next train arrive here? 

348. I think in a few minutes ; but you had better ask this man, he 
must know it. 

349. Must people always wait so long here for the boat ? 

350. On account of the mistake you have made, I am compelled to go to 
town thus late. 



LXXI. and LXXH. 

... to receive your news which you have so long expected . . . 

£ZZIi 

351. Do you still hope to receive news to-day? 

352. Has your friend received the expected news ? 

353. Send me information as soon as possible. 

354. Good morning ! How do you do ? How does our young friend get 
on to-day ? — is he better than yesterday ? 

355. In an hour I must hear from him. 



GERMAN. 49 



LXIX. and LXX. 

. . . e3 ijl nun, rate @tc wiffen, jit fpdt, . . . 

• • • it is now, as you know, too late, . . . 
LXIX. 

341. Sftun ifl e§ Sett/ i^n §u £aufe §u ftnben* fpater ge^t er tmmer 

GU$. 

342. gSiffen 3ie benn ntd)t, bag id) t>orf)abe, biefe 3teifc moglidbft batb $u 
unternebmen ? 

343. Da fe$en ^ie nun fetbjt/ mte tetd)t man btefen getter madjen fann. 

344. @ie fatten ba$ ganj gut miffen fonnen, menn Bk auf un§ ge^ort 
fatten. 

345. 9?un, mte ift e$ ? rpirb fern Secret ttn€ fyeure befudjen fommen ? 



LXX. 

346. @eben Sie ntd)t Iteb^r, all baf ^ie mit bem (5ifenbafyn$ug fasten? 

347. Um mcicbe ^tunbe fommt ber ndd)fte 3ug fyter an? 

343. 3d) gtoubf/in roentgen SDMnuten* bod) fragen^ie Keber btefenSOfcmn, 
er mu§ e$ rotflen. 

349. sphtg man Her immer fo lange auf ba$ ©djjtff marten ? 

350. SSegen be§ gefelerS/ ben ®ie gemad)t baben, bin id) genot^tgt fo fpat 
ncvf 5ur Stabr §u geben. 



LXXI, and LXXH. 

. . . Sfcre 9iadjri$ten ju befommen, bie @tc tdngft erwartet 
fjaben, . . . 

. . . your news to receive, which you long expected have, , . . 

LXXI. 

351. 4?offen ©w fc^ute nod) 3$re 9fod)rid}ren $u befommen ? 

352. £at 3fyr greunb bie erroarteren 9?ad)rid)ten betommen ? 

353. <Sd)ic?en <Sie mtr m6glid)ft balb ^acbridit. 

354. ©uten SDfcorgen! SGMe gear's? 28aS madjt unfer junger greunb 
beute?— ge^t es i^m beffer ale gefrern ? 

355. 3n etner Stunbe muf id) oon t$m $Sren. 

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60 THE MASTERY SERIES, 



XXXII. 

356. Your servant has arrived half an hour too late. 

357. You know how long I have already been waiting for that letter, 
but the mail-boat has not been able to arrive off the coast, on account of 
the bad weather. 

358. My friend had the news brought to the hotel by a servant, because 
he is so ill that he is obliged to see a doctor. 

359. I hear the mail arrived a long time ago, but I have not yet received 
the long-waited-for letter. 

360. Do you not see that my friend is ill ? 



LXXHI. and LXXIV. 

. . . and which, as you say, you want. 

I.XXIIX. 

361. G-ood evening, my dear friend; how are you? how is business? 
how do you find the weather ? — warm, eh ? 

362. Tell me, do you want a carriage ? 

363. Have you told your servant to order a cab to take us into the 
town ? 

364. If the post does not arrive very soon, we cannot get our letters 
to-day. 

365. To make the journey to the watering-place, we want very fine 
weather. 



LXXIV. 

366. It is no longer necessary to send a servant to the post-office; the 
letters arrived long ago. 

367. As you say that you cannot now set out to-day, we will order a bed 
at once, and only have our luggage taken to the railway. 

368. My business is so pressing, that I must start this very evening ; I 
am obliged to be in town early to-morrow morning. 

369. Do you think that he has seen me ? 

370. As soon as we want a carriage, we will send a servant to the hotel to 
fetch one. 

The time for the arrival of the second train must have passed more than 
half an hour ago ; and you know it is now too late for you to receive the 
news, which you have been long expecting, and which you say you want so 
much. 



GERMAN. 51 



LXXIZ. 



356. Sfjr ©tenet Iff: eine fyalbz <Stunbe ju fpdt angefommen. 

357. ©ie ttriffen |a# trie lange id) ben SSrtef fd)on erroartet i)abe^ abet' bag 
^eftfebirr t?ar wegen be3 fd)te d)ten SGSetterl mdjt an bee &ujte anfemmen 
l6nr.cn. 

358. SQlein greunb lieg ffdb fetne 9£ad)rid)ten w>n feinem Wiener ins fiotel 
bringen/ ba er fo Iran! iffc bag er genotb;tgt tji# fid) oon einem Doctor befudjen 
§u laffen. 

359. 3d) f)6rc/ bag bte ^oft fd)on Idngft angefommen ift/ aber id) &afce ben 
Idngft errc-arreren SBrtef nod) nid)t befommen. 

360. (Seben ©te ntdjt/ bag mein greunb fran! ift? 



LXXIII. and LXXIY. 

. . . unb bie @ie, trie Sie fagen, fo nothicj fyabm* 

. . . and which you, as you say, so necessary have. 
LXXIII. 

361. ©uten 2Cbenb# mein lieber greunb \ roie gefyt'S? SBie ger;t bas @e= 

fcbdft? 23ie finben ^ie bag better ?— ivatm, b;e ? 

362. (Sagen Sie mfe tyaben 3ie eine &tttfd)e norfyig? 

363. £aben <3te S^rera Wiener gefagt/ eine £utfd)e in bejMen/ urn uns 
in bie ^rabt ju fabren ? 

364:. 28enn bk v 33oft nid)t fer)r batb anfommt/ fonnen rcir unfere SBrCefe 
fteute nidht mebr befommen. 

365, Urn bie Stetfe nad) bem SSabeplafc mad)en ju £onnen/ fyaben roir febr 
febenes SBetter n6rb)tg. 



Lxxrv. 

366. Grs ift nidht mebr notfyig, einen Diener sur^ojr $u febicfen 5 bie S5rtefe 
ftnb fd)on Idngft angefommen. 

367. Da ®ie fagen/ bag ^ie r)eute nid)t mebr fabren fonnen/ fo roc lien roir 
lieber gletd) ein S5ert beftellen unb nur unfer ©epdee nacb ter (Sifenbaljn brin- 
gen laffen. 

368. SDceine ©efcbdfte ftnb fo bringenb/ ba$ id) nod) bcute 2(benb fabren 
mug 5 id) bin gencrbiat morgen frub; in ber (Stabt §u fein.' 

369. ©lauben ©te# bag er mid) gefeben b)at ? 

370. (Sobalb alS roir eine ,£utfcbe notbig fyaberir roollen mir lieber etnen 
Diener jum #otel fcfyicfen/ urn eine ju b-olen. 

Die 3eit fur Me 2(nfunft be§ jmeiten 3uge3 muti menigftenS eine bai:e 
<Srunbe sorbet fein* es ill nun, me Sie roinen/ ju fpdt/ Sb;re ^acbiicbten ya 
befommen/ bte 8ie Idngft erroanet fyaben unb bie @te# me Sie fagen/ fo 
noting bjaben. 

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52 THE MASTERY SERIES. 



TENTH SENTENCE. 

A little girl, whom I know, and who has been learning Gwman for about 
three months, actually speaks this difficult language already with 
tolerable fluency , zvhilst he knows nothing of it. 

LXXV. and LXXVI. 

A little girl ; whom I know slightly, . . , 

371. A little girl, who was here just now, has brought me a letter from 
my friend in G-ermany, in which he sends me the last news. 

372. Does the doctor think that a trip to some watering-place will do you 
good? 

373. Don't you remember me ? I remember you very well ; we were once 
on the same day at the pretty little hotel, near the railway-station. 

374. Do you believe that he knows that the post has not arrived, and 
that it is now so late that it cannot arrive to-day ? 

375. I know this young man very well, and am aware that he knows 
English very well. 

LXXVI. 

376. You pretend to know G-erman, and don't know that one cannot say 
this ? 

377. Don't you know that the young lady with whom you have been so 
long acquainted knows German ? 

378. Tell me, pray, how this is to be done. 

379. How do you express this in English ? 

380. My little girl has been poorly for some time, and the doctor says 
that I must send her to the sea-side to bathe. 



LXXVII. and LXXVI1T. 

f . . who during a quarter-year has learnt German, . . . 

LXXVII. 

381. I have been learning G-erman for a long time. 

382. My friend has learnt G-erman for scarcely half a year, which is not 
long. 

383. That little girl has wanted before to learn G-erman. 

384. We had hoped to be able to learn German here at last. 

385. My young friend has already been four years and a half in Ger- 
many, in order to learn German, but I hear from his old master, who has 
been there with him for a few days, that he has not made much progress yet. 



GERMAN. 53 



TENTH SENTENCE, 
LXXV. and LXXVI, 

@tn HeincS SKabcfyen, weld)e§ id) em tt>emg fenne, . • . 

A little maiden, which I a little know, . . . 

LXXV. „ 

371. din ftetnes SDldbdjen/ ba$ fo ebtn f)iet gemefen ift§ fyat mtr etnen 
S5rief Don meinem greimbe in Deutfcfylanb gebracfyt, in rcetcfyem er mtr tie 
le^ten 9tad]rid)ren fd)icft. 

372. (Blaubt bet Doctor/ bag 3^)nen etn #u§flug ins SSab gut fein wirb ? 

373. ^eanen @te mtd^ ntd)t mel)r c ? 3d) fenne <5te noct) fefyr gut$ nrir 
finb etnmal an etnem Sage in bem fcfjonen/ fletnen £otei an ber Gnfenbafyn- 
flatten geireftn. 

371. Qdlauben &it wotyb bag ernmg, bag bte ftofl fyeute ntdbt angefommen 
tjt, unb bag e§ jefct fo [pat iff/ bag fte md)t mefyr anfommen fann ? 

375. 3d) fenne biefen jungen Sftann fefyr gut, unb weig, bag ec fefyr gut 
@nglifd) fann. 

LXXVI. 

376. @!e mollen Deutfd) fonnen, unb ttnfjen nid)t bag man biefeS ntdn 
fagen I ann ? 

377. SBtflen @te ntd^t^ baf* bte junge Dame, bte (3te fdjon fo lange fennen, 
fDeutfdj f ann ? 

378. (Sag^n <Ste mtr bod) einmat/ wte man ba$ madden mug. 

379. £8te fagt man bte§ tm (5nglifd)en? 

380. 9}Mn fletneS 3Mbd)en tft fdjon Idngere 3ctt nid)t ganj rootyl/ unb ber 
Doctor fagt mm bag id) fte nad) ber JCufte ins Sab fcfytden mug. 

LXXYII. and LXXVIII. 

. . . ba§ rca&renb emeS SSierteljafyreS £>eutfcfy gelernt fyat, . . , 

. . . who during one quarter-year German learnt has, . . . 
XtXXVII. 

381. 3rf) lerne nun fdjon fefyr lange Deutfd). 

382. SOleingreunb fyat faum watytnb etneS fyalben 3a£re§Deutfd) gelernt* 
ba$ ift nid)t lange. 

383. Dag fleine 5DZdbd)en fyat fd)on frtifyer etnmal Deutfd) lernen mollen. 

384. 5$ir fyaben gct>offt/ l)ter nun enbltd) etnmal Deutfd) lernen §u fonnen. 

385. g}letn junger greunb tftfcbon oterunb etn fyalbeS 3al)r in Deutfdilanb, 
urn Deutfd) ju lernen, aber id) bore oon feinem alten £el)rer, ber wentge Sage 
ba bei tym gewefen ijt, bag er nod) winner ntdtf gut lernt. 



54 THE MASTERY SERIES. 



LXXVIII. 

386. This boy has learnt very little during that long time. 

387. Our new teacher is very good ; at least, my little girl learns her 

English very well with him. 

388. The weather has been very bad this whole year. 

389. The weather has been so bad, that I have been unwilling to let my 
little girl set out on her journey. 

390. "Whilst you are waiting here at the boat, it is very easily possible 
that our friends will arrive by rail. 



LXXIX. and LXXX. 

... speaks, it is really true, this difficult language . . . 

LKTTX. 

391. Does his teacher really speak German as well as we have been 
told? 

392. Our little girl already speaks this difficult language very well ; I 
think she has not been long learning it. 

393. It is true that the mail-boat from England has not arrived to-day ; 
I believe it is on account of the bad weather. 

394. Have you not for a long time intended to learn G-erman ? 

395. This beautiful young girl speaks German very well ; it is a very 
rich, and very difficult language. 



LXXX. 

396. It is hardly to be believed that he can speak German already. 

397. We intend to learn German as soon as possible, and if we follow a 
good system, we shall learn it sooner even than you think. 

398. Very bad German is spoken there, as my former teacher has told 
me. 

399. If you had followed me before, and learned German, you would, 
when you want it so much, know it now. 

400. Are you not going to see your sick friend this evening, who has 
sent for you more than twice already ? 



GERMAN. 55 



LXXVIII. 

386. liefer 3unge fyat wctyrenb ber langen $eit fe^r memg gelernt. . 

387. Unfer neuer Setter tft fetyt gut$ roentgens lernt mein $Qcabd)en mi: 
il)m ttyr (Snglifd) fefyt iciest. 

388. £>a§ SSetter: tft btefeS gan§e Sa^t fe^r fd)(ed)t gemefen. 

389. £)a6 better tft fo fdjledjt geroefen/ bag id) mem £letne§ ?0ldbc^cn nid)t 
fyabe molten abreifen lafjen. 

390. SBafyrenb @ie $er an bem^diiffe marten/ tft eS gan§ gutmegltd)/ lap 
unfire greunbe mit ber (ii\cnbat)n anfommen. 



LXXIX. and LXXX. 

. . . fprtcfyt, eS if! ttutfltcb wafyr, btefe fdjwere ©pracfye . . . 

♦ . . speaks, it is actually true, this heavy language . . . 
LXXIX. 

391. ^prtdjt fern Sefyrer £eutfd) mirtttd) fo gut/ rote man im§ gefagt 

392. Unfer EletneS 93cabd)en fprtcfyt btefe fcfyroere (Spracfye fdjon febr gut$ 
td) gtaube/ fte tyat fte nid)t lange gelernt. 

393. (£3 tft mafyr, ba$ ba$ $pojrfd)tff son Crnglanb fyeute nidjt angefommen 
tjt$ td) glaube, eS tft roegen beg fd)led)ten SBSeiterg. 

394. £aben @te mcfyt fcfyon lanajt bte 2C6ffd)t gefyabt/ £)eutfd) gu lernen ? 

395. £tefe3 fd)5ne# junge 9Mbd)en fpnd)t Deutfd) fe[;r gut 5 e6 tft eine fefjr 

retd;e unb fefyr fctnrere (Sprafte. 



LXXX. 

396. (£§ tjr !aum ju glaubem bap er }e|t fdhon ^eutfer) fprcdjen !ann. 

397. 2Btt fyaben &oiv moglid)ffc balb £)eutfd) §u lernen/ unb menu xovc etnem 
gu:en ©pftem fotgem fo roerben mtt e£ felbjr fru^ec lernen/ att ©te glauben. 

398. 9ftan fprtd)t ba/ rote mtr met'n frur.erer Server gefagt §at t gang 
fd)led)teS £eutfd). 

399. 58enn <Ste mtr father gefotgt unb £)eutfd) gelernt fatten/ fo rourben 
(Ste e§ nun/ ba (Sic e$ fo nottytg fyaben/ fbnnen. 

400. ££erben <5ie 3#ren tranfen grettnb/ ber bo<^ fcfyon mefyr al$ jrottmal 
nad> Sfynen gefd)tcft tjat/ l)eu;e ^benb nid)t befud;en ? 



56 THE MASTERY SERIES. 

LXXXI. and LXXXII. 

• . . pretty fluently, whilst he understands nothing thereof. 

ZiXXXI. 

401. Is your letter finished already ? I should hardly have believed it. 

402. This young man speaks German rather fluently ; he has learnt it 
for almost three years, and has always been very industrious. 

403. We will go to bed while your servant gets the luggage ready. 

404. As soon as your letter is finished, take it to the post; it must be on 
the point of starting. 

405. During my long excursion to this bathing-place in England, I saw 
your London friend. 



406. Don't tell your friend that you intend to go out with me. 

407. I shall have done with it presently, if you will only wait for a 
quarter of an hour. 

408. We shall go to bed early, as we do not feel quite well in this 
bad weather. 

409. The box is so large and heavy, that we shall have to send the 
carriage to fetch it. 

410. It is not decent for a boy thus to speak to his teacher. 

A little girl whom I slightly know, and who has been learning German 
for a quarter of a year, speaks, it is really true, this difficult language with 
tolerable readiness, whilst he knows nothing of it. 



ELEVENTH SENTENCE. 

Though he teas diligent and eager in his studies, and though he has 
taken lessons nearly four times as long as I have, he was unable a 
short time ago either to ivrite a sentence quickly and correctly, or to 
read one fluently. 

LXXXIII. and LXXXIV. 

In spite of his diligent, eager studying, . . , 

X.XXXXII. 

411. In spite of his having studied it very hard for three years, he still 
speaks German very badly. 

412. In spite of your intention to have visited me long ago, you have 
not been yet. 

413. My friend is now studying German very industriously. 

414. It is too late now to send to the hotel, as the ship must be here in 
less than half an hour. 

415. We have already been waiting a long time for the ship, but it is 
not in sight yet. 



GERMAN. 57 

LXXXL and LXXXII. 
. . . jiemltd) ferttg, rrctfyrenb er ntd}f§ ba^on oerflc^t* 

. . . decently ready, whilst he nothing thereof understands, 
LXXXI. 

401. 3ft 3*)t Srtef fdjon ferttg? 3* bdtte e§ ttrirfrtcr. !aum gegtaubt. 

402. liefer junge 9ftann fprtdht jtemltdb fer tig £eutfd) j er r;at e3 faff bret 
3ab;re lang gelernt unb ift unmet febr fletBtg gemefen. 

403. £Btr woUen uns ju Sett tegert/ n?d£)renb Sijr £iener ha$ ©epdcf ferttg 
macbt. 

404. ^obalb a!6 3*)£ S5rtef ferttg Ift/ bringen ®ie 3fyn nad) ber $cft$ fie 
nutf fer)r balb fabren. 

405. SBdbrenb' metneg langeren 2l"usflua,e§ nad) btefem 95abepla|j in (Sn&= 
lanb, t)abe id) 3f)ten 2onboner greunb gefeljen. 

LXXXII. 

406. 8agen @ie 3fyrem greunbe ntd)ts bacon/ baf Sie tor^aben/ mtt mk 
auSjugeben. 

4U7. 3* trerbe g(etd) bamtt ferttg fetrt/ menn @ie nut: eine SSterteljhmbe 
marten moiien, 

408. SBtr werben frfi$ ju Sett gefyen/ ba ttrir bei btefem fcb(ed)ten SBSettet 
nid)t ganj ttobt ftnb. 

419. 2)te &ifte ift fo gro§ unb fdwr, baf rcir tie JCutfdfjc roerben fdjtcfen 
munen/ um fie $u boten. 

410, (Ss $iemr fid) nicbt/ ba§ ein Sunge fo mit feinem £eb;rer fprtd)t. 

din fleineS SJ^dtd^en/ tt?e(d)eg tdj ein rcentg fenne/ ba$ mdfyrenb eines 
23tertetjabre3 £eu;fd) gelernt bat, fprtcbt, eg ift mtrtitd) rcafjr, biefe fcbtrere 
vSpracb;e jiemttd) fertta/ rodfyrenb er ntdjtS baoon t-erftefyt. 



ELEVENTH SENTENCE. 
LXXXIIL and LXXXIV. 

£ro^ fetneS fletptgen, etfrtgen ©tuttrenS, . . . 

In-spite-of his diligent, eager studying, . . , 
LXXXIII. 

411. &ro£ fetnc§ fleifngen ^tubtrens con bret Safyren, fprtdjt er nod) tmmer 
fefyr fdb)ted)t€^ £)eutfcb. 

412. £ro§ 3brer.2Cbftd)t/ mid) feben langfr einmai ju befucfyen/ ftnb ^te 
nocb tmmer ntcbt ba gemefen. 

413. 5^etn greunb ftubirt jegt fefjt etfrig £eutfcb. 

414. (g§ ift ju fpat/ je$t nocb nad) bem £otel gu fducfen, ba baS @rf)iff 
febon in rcentger a 16 etner batben <Stunbe r)ter fern mu§. 

415. 2Btr fyabtn ba* ^cbiff fdpn (ange $eit errcarter, aber e$ ift nod) tmmer 
nicbt §u fefyen. 

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58 THE MASTEKY SERIES. 



LXXXIV. 

416. Do you expect to stay in this town for any length of time ? 

417. In spite of my enquiry, I have not heard of him yet. 

418. His answer must be here soon. 

419. I have seen him at the railway-station; he must have some busi- 
ness there. 

420. If the little one reads too hard, he will make himself ill. 



LXXXV. and LXXXYI. 

. . . and in spite of his having taken nearly four times as much 
instruction . . . 

LXXXV. 

421. In spite of my most diligent study, I know very little English as 

yet. 

422. I have as yet heard nothing of my friend, who went on business to 
Germany. 

423. This little bathing-place was much frequented last year; but I 
heard that there were at least three times as many visitors there as the 
summer before last. 

424. Do you not understand me ? I have told you twice already that I 
will not drive to the station again to-day, and you know yourself that I 
cannot. 

425. Your friend understands English quite well, but he speaks only 
very little as yet, and he still takes lessons. 



LXXXVI. 

426. When yesterday I wanted his advice very much, he would not give 
it to me ; I can hardly understand it. 

427. How long has your young friend had lessons in G-erman ? 

428. I have not seen my friend for some time; he has been almost a 
year abroad. 

429. "VVe have been waiting for him till now, but now we must go, because 
we have urgent business. 

430. Does the young man take his luggage along with him, or is he going 
to have it sent after him ? 



GERMAN. 



X.XXXXV. 



59 



416. (Srrcarten ©te, lange 3ett in biefer @tabt ju fern ? 

417. £ro§ metner tfnfrage/ f)abe id) son tym bis }e|t nod) immer n;d;t 

418. (Seine 2Cnttt>ort mug batb fr'et' fetn. 

419. 3d) babe t$n auf ber @ifenba&n|tatton gefe^en 5 er mug ©efdj&fte ba 
baben. 

420. SBenn bee £tetne $u etfng ftubirt, fo nrirb er fid) Iran! mad;en. 



LXXXV. and LXXXYI. 

. . . tmb trofebem er beinaf) wet-mai Idnger Unterricbt ntmmt . . . 

. . . and in-spite-of-that ne almost four-times longer instruction 
takes . . . 

LXXXV, 

421. Zvo§ metneS fletgtgften ©tubfrenS/ !ann id) btS icftt nod) febr roenig 
(Sngltfd). 

422. Sdb b^be bis jefet nod) md)ts son meinem greunbe ge^Srt/ ber in ©e^ 

fd)dfren nad) £>eurfd)lanb gefabren ift. 

423. liefer Heine 23abepla£ ift im te^ten Sabre febr befud)t geirefen $ m< 
mgftenS babe id) geborr, ba$ rcemgjtenS brcimat mebr 23efud)er ba geweien 
ftnb/ a(6 im »orle$ten (Sommer. 

424. Skrfcben @te mid) mcfct? 3* babe 3b"en bocb febon jrcetmal gefaafv 
ba§ id) beute nicbt mebr nad) ber Oration fasten will/ unb fie ttriffen felbft/ 
bag tc^ ntd)t farm. 

425. Sbrgreunb wrifefci (gn-^Itfcft gang gut, aber cr fprid)t MS jefct nur 
febr wenig/ unb nimmt nod) tmmer Umerrid)t. 



LXXXVI. 

426. 2Cle icb gejtern feinen $atb febr notbtg &alfe> $ at e * mit benfelben 
nid)t geben motlen 5 id) fann oas !aum rerfteben. 

427. 2Sie lange bat 3b^ frnger greunb Unterrid)t im £>eutfd)en gebabt? 

428. 3d) babe meinen greunb langere $tit nid)t gefeben 5 er ijl beinab cin 
3abr lang im #uetanbe getrefen. 

429. SBir baben it>n bit jefct ermartet, bod) mufien ttjir nun geben/ mil wit 
brtngenbe ©efcbdfte baben. 

430. 9ctmmt tec junge SKann fetn ©epacf mit, ober roirb er eS fid) nad)* 
febttf en lafien ? 



60 THE MASTERY SERIES. 



LXXXVII. and LXXXVHL 

• . . than I, he was certainly unable, a short time ago, one 
sentence . . . 

liXXXVII. 

431. This sentence is very long and difficult ; I can hardly understand it. 

432. Have you received no newspaper to-day, and has the post not come ? 
It is almost always late. 

433. The coach has come well to-day; we have arrived, almost a quarter 
of an hour sooner than we expected. 

434. Pray speak English rather than G-erman ; I can hardly understand 
anything of what you say. 

435. Can you not speak G-erman ? because you do not answer me. 



LXXXVIII 

436. You pronounce well; nevertheless you still make mistakes. 

437. Will you rather post to town than go by a private carriage ? 

438. I have sent him a letter a short time ago, but have as yet received 
no answer. 

439. Is it settled that you are not going to any watering-place this 
year? 

440. We could not possibly come sooner, because we had letters to send 
off. 



LXXXIX. and XC. 

... to write quickly and correctly, or to read quickly enough. 



441. This young man can read. and write German very well, but I do 
not think he can speak it well enough. 

442. He intends, however, to go to Germany very soon for a year, in 
order to learn the language in the country. 

443. It is not certain yet that we shall start to-morrow. 

444. Owing to my large business transactions with Italy, I often require 
the earliest and most reliable news from thence. 

. 445, Do you know for certain that there is another mail to-night? 



GEKMAN. 



61 



LXXXVII. and LXXXVHI. 

. . . ate id), lonnte er »ot f urjem fid)er femen @a^ . . 

. . . than I, could he before short certainly no sentence . . . 
IXXXVII. 

431. ©tefcr ©a§ tft fe$t tang unb fd)irer 5 t* fann tyn laum t-erfteben. 

432. ^aben ©ie ^eute !etne 3?itung befommeiv unb tjl bit ^ofr nod) nid;t 
ba? ©ie fommt beirtat) immer 511 fpdt. 

433. £ie £utfcbe ift §eute fetyt gut gefab,ren j mir ftnb betnai) erne SStertefc 
flunbe fru^er angefommen, alS mir ermarteren. 

434. ©predfoen ©ie Kcbcr (Sngtifd) all £eutfd)5 id) fann betnab; nidjtS fler* 
ftetjen son bem, bag ©ie fagen. 

435. £&nnen ©ie fetn £>eutfd) fpredjen? meil ©ie mir nid)t antmorten. 

LXXXVHI. 

436. ©ie fpred)en gut au§; bod) madden ©fe nod) immer getter. 

437. gBotten ©ie lieber mit ber f)oft alS mic etnec sprtoaifurfdje jur 
©rabt fafyren ? 

438. 3d) ^abe tym t>or fur$em einen SBncf gefd)icft/ abet bit Jefct nod) 
feine 2Cntn>ort befommen. 

439. 3ft eg ftdjcr/ baf ©ie biefeS 3at)t fctne SSabercife mad)en werben? 

440. ££tr fonnten unmogtid) frfi^er fommen/ roetl mir SSriefe abjufducfen 



LXXXIX. and XC. 

. . . rafdb unb rtdbttg fcfyretben, ober fdjnell genug lefem 

. . . quickly and correctly to-write, or quickly enough to-read. 

T.ir-sxrg. 

441. liefer junge 5Kann !ann febr gut £eutfd) lefen unb fd)retben/ aber id} 
gtaube nid)t, bag er eS gut genug fpredjen fann. 

442. £)od) r;at er Dor, feb,r balb auf ein 3af)r nad) £eurfcr,tanb §u mfen, 
urn bk ©prad)e im Sanbe §u ternen. 

443. @6 ift nod) tmmer nid)t ftd)er, baf mir morgen fasten merben. 

444. 3d) fyabt megen meiner groSen @efd)dfte nad) 3ta(ien oft biefdjnelljlen 
unb ftdjecften SKacfyrtdbten oon ba notfyig. 

445. Stiffen ©ie ftd>er, ba$ bit $ojt ^eufe tfbenb nod) etomal faferen mirb? 



62 THE MASTERY SERIES. 

ate. 

446. Let us peruse this letter once more ; it is very pressing, is it not ? 

447. I observe that you do not pronounce this sentence correctly. 

448. Whilst I am writing, you can tell the servant that he must take the 
letter to the post-office. 

449. We read in the newspaper that the Sultan was in England a short 
time ago. 

450. If you have not enough of it yet, I will soon send you more. 

In spite of his diligent and eager studying, and in spite of his having 
taken lessons almost four times longer than I have, he was unable a short 
time ago either to write a sentence expeditiously and correctly or to read 

one sufficiently quickly. 



TWELFTH SENTENCE. 

It seems as if some people can do everything without any trouble and 
without any hesitation much better than others^ ivho take the greatest 
pains about it. 

XCI. and XCII. 

It seems as if some people, . . . 

XCI. 

451. It seems as if you had no time to write the letter. 

452. Does not the weather to-day seem to you too bad to go out in? 

453. I have been told that only very few people were at the concert, 
yesterday. 

454. There have been this year almost four times more people at Ostend 
to bathe than there were last year. 

455. Do you know whether the train from Cologne has arrived yet ? 

XCII. 

456. It seems so to me, but I cannot tpll you for certain. 

457. How is it that you have not been at my house for so long ? Have 
you not had time ? 

458. I expect some letters; but it seems as if they would not arrive 
to-day. 

459. I should like to know whether there is yet time to go by the latest 
train. 

460. What do you think of this wine? Is it not very good ? 



GERMAN. 63 



XC. 

446. £ajfen 3ie uns biefcn SBrief nod) einmal (cfenj er [ft fe$t bringenb/ 
nid)t rcabr? 

447. 3* &8re> ban @ie biefcn Sas nidjtrtdjttg auefrrecben. 

448. £Babrenb icr> fd^veibc/ fbnnen ^ie bem Wiener fagen, bag er ben SBrief 
5ur |>ofi brutgen muj*. 

449. SG3ir baben in ber ^ettung gelefen, t^ bet Sultan ror fur$em in 
Gnuianb gewefen ift 

450. 23enn ©te nocb nid^t genua, ba v :on baben, fc will icb 3bnen balb mebr 
fdncfen. 

2ros feineS fleifjigen, etfngen SrubirenS unb tro£bem, ta% er beinab &tet^ 
mat [anger Unterrutr ntmmt; ais td>/ fennte er cor lur^em fiercer feinen ©a(| 
rafd) unb rtdjttg fdnreiben cber frfjrieU genua, iefen. 



TWELFTH SENTENCE. 
XCI. and XCII. 

(§§ febeint, al§ ob eintge Scute, . . . 

It seems as if some people, . . . 
SCI. 

451. Gre fd\nnt, aK ob Sie Eetne 3eir barren/ ben SBrief ju fdnvften. 

452. 3cbeint 3bnen ba$ SBettet beure nicbt va fd)led)t $um 2iusgeben ? 

453. 9ftan bat mir gefagt, ba£ geftern nut fe^t roenige fceute tin Concert 
geirefcn ftnD. 

454. Ore finb btefe€ So br beinaf) Dtetmal me$t 2eute in Dflenbc tm SSab 
gewefen* at€ im teeren 3abrc. 

455. SBiffen Sie/ ob ber 3113 uon (56ln febon angefommen ift? 

xczz. 

456. Ss ffteinr mir fo/ bod) !ann id) ee Jbnen nidjt ftdber fagen. 

457. SSie fommt e§, bas Sie fc tange nicbt bei mir geirefcn ftnb? £atm 
@5ie leine $dt gebabr? 

45S. Sdj enrarte etntge IBrtefe 5 es febeint aber, att toenn fie r;eure nicbt 
mebr anfommen rourben. 

459. 3d) medue ttriflen, ob e§ nod) Sett ift mit bem leeren 3uge $u fabren. 

460. SGMe ftnben 2'ie biefcn 3Bein? Scbeint er 3bnen nicbt fer;r gut? 



64 THE MASTERY SERIES. 



XCIH. and XCIV. 

• . . without any trouble or hesitating . . . 

XCIZZ. 

461. You cannot learn anything without some trouble. 

462. Speak out, and do not hesitate ; I cannot wait. 

463. People here all seem to believe that the boat will not arrive to- 
night. 

464. Have you given all my letters to my servant, to put them into my 
box? 

465. All my friends advise me to take a trip to some watering-place this, 
summer. 



XCIV. 

466. If you tarry any longer, we shall certainly be late. 

467. Without my advice you would most certainly have made that mis- 
take. 

468. You had better ask your doctor whether you may go out in this 
weather ; I should not advise you to do so. 

469. Learning G-erman is very troublesome to me, and I do not believe 
that I shall be able to learn it. 

470. The consequence of your long hesitation is that you cannot go with 
us now, because you have not got your luggage ready. 



XCV. and XCVL 

. . , should do everything much better than others, ... 

XCV, 

471. It is not everybody's affair to give advice to others. 

472. Other people can do that, if they like ; I shall have nothing to do 
with it. 

473. Would it really be impossible still to undertake this matter 
to-day? 

474. He ought rather to have done that at once. 

475. Had I not better send the other luggage after you by rail? 



GERMAN. 65 



XCHI. and XCIV. 

. . . obne alle 9J?ube unb obne Bogern . . . 

. . . without any trouble and without hesitation . . . 
XCIII. 

461. Ofyne 9ftufye fann man nid)tg ternen. 

462. ©precfyen ©&/ unb gogern ©ie nicfyt lange $ id) farm md)t marten, 

463. g)ie Scute bier fdjetnen a lie ju glauben/ ba£ bag ©d)tff b;eute 2Cfcen& 
nid)t mef)r anfommen miub. 

464. #aben ©te meinem ©tenet alle meine SSrtefe gegeben/ urn fte in meine 
£t'fte $u legen? 

465. 2CUe meine greunbe ratten mfc> biefen ©ommer eine 23abeieife $u 
macron. 

XCIV. 

466. SSenn ©te nod) tanger jogern, fo werben wtr [idjet gu fpdr fommen. 

467. £>f)ne meinen &?atr; rourben ©te ben ge^let gan§ ftdjer gemad)< 

r>aben. 

468. graven ©ie tieber ii)ren £>octor/ ob ©ie bei bem SSettec auSge^en 
fonnen 5 tdj rourbe 3bnen ntdjt baju ratten. 

469. £>a$ Sernen ber £)eutfd)en ©pracbe mad)t mir grofk $Hlufy f unb tdj) 
glaube ntct)t/ ba$ i§ fte rcerbe ternen fonnen. 

470. £)ie golge 3frre§ tangen gogerng \}1 f ba$ ©te nun ntdfjt mel;r mits 
fafyren fonnen/ roeit ©ie 3t)r ©epdd noc% nid)c ferrig tyabzix. 



XCV. and XCVI. 

. . . jebe <SaU oiel bcffer tfyun follten aI8 anbere, . . . 

. . . every thing much better do should than others, . . . 
XCV. 

471. GfS tfi nid)t Sebermanns ®a§?, 2£nbern Slatfy ju geben. 

472. tfnbere Settle fonnen bag tyun, menn fte roollens id) werbe nia^tg bamtt 
$u tt)un fyaben. 

473. ©elite e6 rotrfltd) ntd)t m6glid) fern, biefe ©aa^e fettle nod) ju unrcr* 
net)men? 

474. Qt ffitU ba$ lieber gteid) rtjun follen. 

475. ©oil tc^ 3fynen nidjt tieber bag anbere ©epdcf mit ber @tfenba§n naebs 
fdjkfen? 



66 THE MASTEKY SERIES. 



XCVI. 

476. Can it be possible that those latest news from Mexico are true? 

477. He told the servant soon enough to do it immediately and quickly. 

478. Your teacher has told you that you ought to study more indus- 
triously, and write more. 

479. Must you not still write the other letters to-day ? 

480. This hotel is said to be the best in the town; however,! know none 
of the others. 



XCVII. and XCVIII. 
v 4 . who give themselves the greatest pains about it. 

XCVXX. 

481. You will want it when, during your next business-tour, you visit 
Germany. 

482. I have not troubled myself as yet about learning it, but I hope soon 
to get a good teacher, who will teach me better than the last one I had. 

483. It seems as if, with all the pains that you pretend to have taken up 
to this time, your G-erman is still very indifferent; you must read harder. 

484. This young man has very quickly taught his friend to read, write, 
and speak German. 

485. He has, however, taken the greatest possible pains about it, and 
his friend has been very industrious for almost a year. 



XCVIII. 

486. Certainly not one of your friends can teach you English better than 
I can, since I have been for almost seven years in the country. 

487. I am able to speak that difficult language quite fluently, and to 
write it quite correctly and expeditiously. 

488. But it seems to me almost as if you believed that one can learn 
German without any trouble. 

489. I have been very ill for more than three months; but I have at last 
followed the advice of your friend, and have visited that watering-place for 
a short time, and now I am as well as anyone. 

490. The news we have received yesterday are said not to be true. 

It seems as if some people were to do everything without any trouble or 
hesitation much better than others, who take the greatest pains about it. 



GERMAN. 67 



XCVI. 

476. (Sollfen Mefe neueften 9tad)rtd)ten £>on $Renfo nrirfltd) wafyt fern? 

477. (5r fyat bem Wiener fru§ genug gefagt, bap cr eS gietd) unb fd)nell tfyun 
follte. 

478. 3()r Setter l;at 3l)nen cjcfagt/ ba$ (Sie fletfnger jlubtren unb mebr 
fdjretben follten. 

479. SMffen (Ste md)t tie anbern Sktefe fyeute nod) fcfyreiben ? 

480. £)tefe6 #otel foil bag befte in bcr (Stabt fern? id) fenne aber feine£ oon 
ben 2Cnberen. 



XCYII. and XCVIII. 
. . . bte fid) bte gropte SKufye bamit gebcru 

. . . who to-themselves the greatest trouble therewith give. 

XCVII. 

481. @ie rcerben e§ nbtfyiq tyabtn, ttenn (Sie auf 3fyren ndd)jren ©efdjafts* 
reifen £)eutfd)lanb befucfyen. 

482. 3d) fyabe mir bis je£t nod) feme SMfye gegeben, e£ §u lernen/ aber id) 
fyoffe, balb etnen guten £el)rer §u belommen/ ber mid) beffer leaven mtrb/ al$ 
ber Itfyti, ben id) l)atte. 

483. (gg fdjetnt/ ata ob mit alle ber SOZu^e/ bte @te ftd) big je$t gegeben 
baben wollen/ 3*)r £)eutfd) nod) immer fet)r fd)led)t iffc 5 @tc mu|Ten mebr 
ftubiren. 

484. liefer junge SJttann §at fetnen greunb fetytrafd) £)eutfd) lefen, fd)reiben 
unb fprecben gelefyrt. 

485. (5r ^vit fid) aber alle m5gltd)e §D£u|e gegeben/ unb fein greunb tjt 
beinab etn 3ab;r lang fetyr fletjng gewefen. 



XCVIIX, 

486. (S3 !ann ©te ftcber feiner Stjrer greunbe beffer (5nglifd) leljren/ al§ 
id); \)a id) bcinab ft'eben Safyre lang in bem £cmbe geroefen bin. 

487. £)tefe fcfyuere (Spradje fann id) gang ferrtg fpredjen unb ganj rtcfyitg 
unb rafd) fcfyrctben. 

488. (£§ fd;emt mtr aber betna§; alg ob<Ste glauben/ ba$ man£)eutfd) cfyne 
alle SJftufye lernen fonne. 

489. SSJiefyr al£ etn SSterteljafyr lang bin k% fefyr Iran! gewefen* td) fyate 
aber bem SRatyt Styei greunbeS enMtd) gefolgt unb ben tleinen 23atepla£ 
t?al)renb fur^er 3ett befud)t/ unb nun bin id) fo roofyl rate (Stner. 

490. Sic 9tad)rid)tett/ bie wir geftern belommen fyaben/ follen nid)t maijr 
fein. 

Q$ fdhetnt/ al§ ob einige £eute obne alle Sfftufye unb otyne Sogern jebe (Sad)e 
oiel bejTer tljun follten/ ai§ anbere/ bie ftd) bte gropte 9Jiut;e bamit geben. 



68 THE MASTERY SERIES. 



THIRTEENTH SENTENCE. 

Dear friend, have a cheerful mind and firm hope of rapid convalescence 
and of complete cessation of every suffering. 

XCIX. and C. 

Dear friend, be you of cheerful mind j firm hope . • . 

XCIX. 

491. My good sick friend, be cheery; you will be able to go to bed very 
soon. 

492. A brighter prospect of fine weather than to-day and yesterday we 
have not had during our journey. 

493. A cheerful mind is necessary for everything, says my friend. 

494. Much time and trouble are always required for the purpose of learn- 
ing a language perfectly. 

495. I cannot be cheerful while I know that my dearest friend is ill. 

C. 

496. Dear friend, write to me as soon as you arrive in Germany. 

497. Let me know without delay whether the last news from here was 
expected there or not. 

498. And whether business is good throughout the country, and, if not, 
whether at least safe transactions can be made with Messrs. Schmidt and 
Miiller at Berlin. 

499. My good man, can you tell me whether the Ostend boat has 
arrived? 

500. Would it not be better for you to make your servant do this? 



CI. and CII. 

... of rapid convalescence, as well as complete ceasing of every 

suffering . . . 

cz. 

501. Good health is better than anything. 

502. All suffering must have an end at last. 

503. That sick man knows well that an early termination of his long 
suffering is not to be expected. 

504. We will not suffer any longer delay. 

505. We have been hoping until it seems that all hope must cease at 
last. 



GERMAN. 69 

THIETEENTH SENTENCE. 

XCIX. and C. 

gteber ^reunt>, feien ©tc fro^>e8 9ftutfye§; fcfic #offmmg . . . 

Dear friend, be you of cheerful mind ; steadfast hope . . . 
XCIX. 

491. ©uter tranfer greunb! <&eim ©tc ftofy ©te rcerben ftcfc m6gltd)jt 
bait §u £3ett legeri tonnen. 

492. geftere #offnung auf fd)6neg £8etter. fyaben ttur auf unferer Sfotfe nod) 
ntcl)t g£§abf/ al6 t;eute unb geftevn. 

493. ©uter SKut§ tjr §u 2ftlem notf)ig, fagt mein greunb. 

494. Sange 3ett unb t>teie SQlufye ftnb §um ferttgen Sernen einer ©pracbe 
immer nottjtg. 

495. 3d) fann nid)t gutcn SftutfyeS fern* wenn id) spcif* ba$ metn liebjler 
greunb Iran! ijl. 



496. SHeber greunb ! ©cfyreiben ©ie mtr, fobatb al$ @ie in ^)eut(d)Ianb 
anEommen. 

497. £afjen ©ie micb obne Bogern wiffen, ob bte le^ten 5^ad)rid)ten uon fyter 
ba enpartet ir-orben ftnb ober nid)t. 

498. Unb ob bte ©efcbafte in bem ganjen Sanbc gut ftnb, unb, rcenn ntdht/ 
ob ftd) rcenigftenS ftcfyere ©efd)afte mit<&d)mibt unb duller in Berlin marten 
laffen. 

499. ©uter 2Qtann, fonnen ©ie mtr fagen, ob ba$ ©d)iff r>on £ftcnbe ange- 
Eommen tfl ? . 

500. SSurben ©te nid>t beffer 3^en Wiener biefe <&afy fyuvi laffen ? 

CI. and CII. 

. . . balbiger bcj!er ©efunbbett, fowic ttolljtdnbige§ 2Cuffyoren 
jebe3 SeibenS . . . 

. . . of-early best health, as-well-as complete ceasing of 
every suffering . . . 

CI. 

501. ©ute ©efunMjeit tfl beffer ate TOc§. 

502. 3ebe§ Seiben mug enblid) etnmat aufboren. 

503. £)er !ran!e 9Xann wetj? toof)h bafj baibtgeS 2Cuffyoren femes langcn 
SetbenS nod) nidjt §u ermarten tft. 

504. SangereS 36gern roollen unr nidjt letben. 

505. SStr fyaben gefyofft/ bis eg frfjeint/ ba$ jebe £offnung enblid) auffyoren 
mug. 



70 THE MASTERY SERIES. 



CXI. 

506. My friend's courage is great, and his hope still greater, but all that 
must come to an end at last. 

507. I have ceased hoping for the arrival of that long-expected news. 

508. My sick friend has, on account of his severe suffering, been unable 
to make the long-intended journey. 

509. Leave off talking to me of the suffering of our friend. 

510. Every man ought to help a friend. 

Dear friend, be of cheerful mind ; firm hope of rapid convalescence, and 
of complete cessation of every suffering. 



FOURTEENTH SENTENCE. 

These are placed before you by the physician xvith full courage, entire 
firmness, and true confidence, 

Cin. and CIV. 

These are placed before you by the physician with full confidence, 
entire assurance, and real faith. 

czzz. 

511. They have, as it seems, given you early news. 

512. Has not the doctor told you that you may hope for an early termi- 
nation of your suffering ? 

513. This young man always follows his old teacher's advice with the 
fullest confidence. 

514. I can tell you with absolute certainty that the acquisition of this 
language will give you much trouble. 

515. A sick man ought always to have full confidence in his doctor. 

czv. 

516. In spite of the great assurance with which this man has said all 
this, I have no confidence in him. 

517. A short time ago, I had still full confidence in this doctor, but now 
I can say with great certainty that the man does not know anything. 

518. With true courage and full confidence in himself, a man can ac- 
complish much which seems almost to be impossible. 

519. Must you not still send the other letters to-day? 

520. It seems as if all commercial confidence had ceased; business is bad 
and the prospects for the nearest future are worse still. 

These are placed before you by your physician hopefully, firmly, and 
confidently. 



GERMAN. 71 



czx. 

506. £er SDUtti) metneg greunbeg til grog unb feme £offnung grogetv aber 
alleg £)tefeg mug enblid) einmai auffyoren. 

507. Set) ^ab€ aufgetjort/ auf bag 2£nfommen ber fo lange ermarteten 9cad}= 
rid) ten gu gotten. 

508. SQktn tranfer greunb ^at megen feineg fcfymeren Seibeng bte lange 
ttorgefyabte SKetfe ntdjt madjen fonnen. 

509. £6ren <5te enblid) auf/ mir con bem Setben unfereg greunbeg gu 
fpredjen. 

510. 3eber Sftann folltc etnem greunbe §elfen. 

Steber greunb, feten @ie frofyeS 9Xutr;eg,* fefte £offnung baibtger befter 
©efunb^ett/ fowie sotlftdnbigeg 2Cuf^6ren jebeg SeibenS. 



FOURTEENTH SEXTEXCE. 
Cm. and CIV. 

£)iefe ftnb Sbncn *>on bem 2Crjt mtt ttoliem SDZutb, ganger 
SSeflimmt^eit unb roafyrem Sertrauen in 2tu§jtd)t gejiellt* 

These are to-you by the physician with full courage, entire certainty, 
and true confidence in prospect placed. 

czzz. 

511. Wan fyat Sfynen, rote eg fdheint, balbtge 9tad)rtd)t gegeben. 

512. $at 3fynen ber 2Cr# nicfyt gefagt/ bap <5ie auf balbigeg 2Cufberen 
3^e§ Ceibeng fyoffen tonnen ? 

513. £)tefer junge 9Jlann fotgt fetneg alten Severs Ratty immer mtt tjcllftem 
SSertrauen. 

514. 3d) fannS^nen mtt ganger SSejttmmt^ett fagen/ bag bag Semen biefer 
(Spradfee 3W n stele §DWi$e macfyen ttJtrb, 

515. (5tn Premier mug immer c-otleg SSertrauen auf fefnen 2Crjt §aben. 

cry. 

516. £ro§ ber grogen SSefttmmt^ett/ mtt ber biefer $Jlann alleg £>tefeg ge= 
fagt ^at/ tjabe i<a) rein SSertrauen in ib;n. 

517. SSor rurjem 6 arte id) nodb oolleg SSertrauen in btefen 2Cr$f/ aber je|t 
fann id) mtt groger SScftimmt^ett fagen, bag ber 33lann ntd)ts ureig. 

518. SDfctt mafyrem sittuttye unb sollem SSertrauen tit ft'd) felbft fann ein 
Sftann SSieleg mad)en/ mag beinab nid)t moglid) §u fein febetnr. 

519. 50Zuffen @te nid)t bte anberen S3rtefe petite nod) fdjtcfen? 

520. @g fd)etnt/ ate ob alleg SSertrauen im ©efdjdft aufgefyort r;dtte^ ©e- 
fd;dfte gefyen fd)ted)t unb bte 2Cu6ftd>ren fur bk ndcbfte 3ett ftnb nod) fd)led)ter. 

£>iefe ftnb 3l>nen r>om 2Cr§t mit Dottem Sttutf?/ ganger SBejttmml^efi unb 
mafyrem $ertrauen in 2tusft'd)t geftetlt. 



72 THE MASTERY SERIES. 



FIFTEENTH SENTENCE. 

You shall have with us friendly advice, faithful nursing and attendance, 
as well as pleasant living and very good eating and drinking. 

CV. and CYL 
Friendly advice, faithful nursing and attendance . . . 

cv. 

521. My good and faithful friend, I cannot follow your kind advice, as 
I have no confidence in the man you have told me of. 

522. You seem at last to have given up all hope of the arrival of these 
long-expected letters. 

523. More faithful nursing and better attendance we should not have 
been able to find even with you, my dear friend. 

524. Careful nursing is to every patient even more necessary than a 
good doctor. 

525. Do you believe that the news which you have led me to expect will 
soon arrive ? 

CVI. 

526. The view from this place is very fine. 

527. Do you not see that this man has not minded your kind advice ? 

528. My friend promised me any amount of good business in this place ; 
but it all seems to be nothing. 

529. You pronounce Grerman very well ; I believe you will learn it very 
Boon. 

530. Have you not been in London lately ? I feel almost certain to have 
seen you there. 



CVII. and CVIII. 
... as well as pleasant living and very good eating and drinking. 

CVII. 

531. For a very long time we have not had finer weather than to-day. 

532. Pleasant living and good eating and drinking can be had much 
more easily, and better, in a large town, like London or Paris, than in the 
country. 

533. During our most interesting voyage, of almost two years, in this 
ship, we have had at all times good eating and drinking, the best and kindest 
attendance, and a really very pleasant life. 

534. His former too good living has made him ill. 

535. Better eating than in this hotel you don't have in the whole 
town. 



GERMAN. 73 



FIFTEENTH SENTENCE. 
CV. and CVI. 

greunbticfyen Sftaty, treue §)flege unb 33ebtenung . . . 

Friendly advice, faithful nursing and attendance . . . 
CV. 

521. Outer/ treuer greunbl S^ern freunb(td)en SRafyz fann id) nicbt 
fotgert/ ba ic^ fein SSertraucn in ben SDtann ^>abe/ son bem ©te mtr gefagt 
i)abcn. 

522. <Ste fcfyetnen jebe £offnung auf bag ^nfommen btefer langft erwar* 
teten SBrtefe enblid) aufgcgeben ju baben. 

523. Sreuere $PfIege unb bcffere SBebienung fatten ttur felbjt bet Sfynen/ 
Iteber greunb/ nid)t fyaben !6nnen. 

524. Sreue $)flege tji jebem Jlranfen notfyiger/ aX6 fetbfl ctn guter tfrgt. 

525. @lauben ©ie* bag Me SKad)rid)ten balb anfommen rtJerbem bit ©te 
mir in 2Cugfidjt aejtellt fyaben? 

CVI. 

526. £)te 2Cugffdt)t son -btefem 9>la|e tft febr fd)6n. 

5^7. ^efcenSte ntd)r, bag btefer Sttann aiif S^ren freunbltdjen SRaty nidjtg 
gegeben tyatt 

528. 9ftein greunb fjatmtr an btefem ^)ta| a lie mogtiden guten ®efcf)af:e 
in 2Cu$fttf)t gefreilt* e$ fcbetnt aber 2CUeS nicbtS gU fein. 

529. @ie fpredben ba$ £)eutfd)e fefyr gut aug$ id) glaube/ bag ©te eg fefyr 
balb lernen werben. 

530. @inb <Sie nirfjt sor futjem in bonbon gercefen? 3^ glaube ganj 
)id)tX( bag id) @ie ba gefe^en ^)abe, 

CVII. and CV11L 

. . . fowl* <mgenef)me§ 8eb.cn unb befie§ ©ffcn unb Srinfem 

. . , as-well-as pleasant living and best eating and drinking. 
CVII. 

531. ©d)5nere§ S&etteiv alS fyeute/ §abeti mv fd)on fetyr lange nicbt mebr 
gebabt 

532. 2Cngenef)me$ 2eben unb guteS Gsjfen unb Srinfen !ann man in tint? 
grogen ©tabr, nne Sonbon ober $)arie/ met letd)ter unb beffer §abeti/ aU auf 
bem Sanbe. 

533. 2Cuf unferer Mitft$ fflei Sa'qxt langcn fcr>r intereffanten Sletfe in 
btefem ©djiffe tjaben ttrir ^u jeber Sett guteS gflen unb ZxinUn, befle (reunb- 
ltd) lie S3ebienung unb nrirrltd) feb)r angenebmcS £eben gefyabt. 

534. grufyereg ju gute? Seben hat tjjn Iran! gcmacbr. 

535. JtBejJeree dffeit/ alS in btefem £otel/ fyaben ©ie w ber ganjen Btabt 
nid)t. 

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74 THE MASTERY SERIES. 



cvxxx. 

536. Our friend is living at Berlin now; I know that formerly he lived 
for two or three years in Paris. 

537. Too much good living easily makes one ill. 

538. I think this man drinks too much; he seems to me to be very ill. 

539. Wait here a little while, whilst I enquire at the hotel at what hour 
he is expected to arrive. 

540. You read quite fast enough; if you read too fast, you cannot possibly 
read correctly. 

You shall find with us friendly advice, faithful nursing and attendance, as 
well as pleasant living, and very good eating and drinking. 



SIXTEENTH SENTENCE. 

These you will find both with 21s and in our friends' house just the same 
as, or perhaps even much better than, in your own home. 

CTX. and CX. 

You shall have these with us and in our friends' house just the 
same as, . . . 

czx, 

541. You shall not start to-day ; you certainly cannot have worse weather 
to-morrow. 

64:2. The doctor says you are not to speak so much ; it makes you ill. 

543. Our friends do not seem to be well to-day. 

544. People say that you pass a short time with your friends in England 
every year. 

545. We intend very soon to make an excursion to the country-house of 
our friend Schmidt. 

CX. 

546. If you have a good business in prospect, you ought not to hesitate 
long. 

547. Your friend's house is very pretty; do you know it well? 

548. I visited it yesterday, and I can well say that for a long time I have 
not seen a finer or more pleasant house. 

549. His industry is so great, that he is always to be found at his studies, 

550. Take this letter, and carry it to the post-office as soon as possible. 



GERMAN. 



CVIII. 



75 



536. Unfer greunb tebt W in aScrlin, id) mx% t:S er frfifjer fur jwei 
ober br-et Sabre in spariS gelebt &at. 

537. 3u guteS 2eben mad)t (£inen lcid}t fran!. 

538. 3d) gtaube, biefer SXann trinfi ^u Dtelj cr fdjetnt mir febr fran! su 
fetn. 

539. SSarten @te t)ier ein wemg, wafcenb id) in Urn £ctel anfrag?/ urn 
trelcbe 3ett man tr;n crroartet 

540. @te tefen rafd) gemtgi roenn^ie £U fdhnelMefen rootlen, fo !6nnen @ie 
unraogltd) riduig Icfen. 

greunblicben fRatb, trcue $>f(ege unb SSebtenung, fowie angene^meS £eben 
unt) befteS ©ffcn unb Srinteiv follen 3ie finben. 



SIXTEENTH SENTENCE. 

CIX. and CX. 

£ie§e fotten ©ie bci un§ unb in unferer greunbe £aufe 
ebenfo . - - 

These shall you with us and in our friends' house just the 
same . . . 

CIX. 

541. ©te follen fymte ntdjt met;r reifcn j fd)ted)tcre$ Ferrer lonnen Ste 
bod) ftdjer morgen ntdjt baben. 

542. ©er 2Crjt fagt, <3ie fotfen md)t fo Diet fprecben 5 e§ mad)t ©ie fran!. 

543. Unfere greunbe fdjeinen beute ntdtf tocfyl in fetn. 

544. SXan fagt, ba$ <5ie jebeS 3af)r eine furje 3eft mit 3&ren greunben in 
Ghtgtanb leben. 

545. 28tr baben »or, febr batb einen tfuSflug nadj bera Sanbbaufe unfereS 
greunbesS ©rf)mibr §u maa>n. 

ex, 

546. Sffienn ©te ein guteS ©efd^aft in 2Cusftd)t fyaben, fo foflen ^ie nidit 

lange §egern. 

547. £>a$ £auS 3b;re§ greunbeS ift fer)r fcbon; fennen Bk e§ fd)on ? 

548. 3d) babe eS fdjon gejtern befud)t unb fann roobi fagen, baj* id) lange 
gein fdhonereS unb angenet)mere£ £auS gefefyen fyabt. 

549. ©ein glctf ift fo grog/ baf man ib;ri immer am ©rubiren ftnber. 

550. mfymm ©tc biefen SBrief/ unb bringen ©ie ir;n fobalti als m6gttd) jut 
S>oft 

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76 THE MASTERY SERIES. 



CXI. and CXII. 

... or perhaps you will even find it much better than by yourself at 

home. 

cxz. 

551. Are you likely to be at home to-night ? 

552. Do you not find life here in England much more pleasant than in 
your own country? 

553. I must go home very early to-day, as I expect many of my friends 
to supper. 

554. Do you not find that the weather is much worse here than with you 
in Grermany? 

555. I cannot say so; I find even that this year it is much more pleasant 
here than where I come from. 

CXII. 

556. This young man has almost entirely given up living at home. 

557. His business obliges him to travel incessantly. 

558. As he must visit almost every small town in England, he is obliged 
to drive about in a private carriage. 

559. I hear that the young lady herself intends to wait for the morning 
boat. ■ 

560. I do not believe that this box is as good as the old one I had. 

These you will find both with us and in our friends' house just the same 
as, or perhaps even much better than, in your own home. 



SEVENTEENTH SENTENCE. 

Where did the rich gentleman's valet find that poor Frenchman, and why 
did he not at once go to the messenger who is said to speak French, 
and who would have been able to ask the unhappy man whence he 
comes } and tvhitherhe means to gof 

CXIII. and CXIV. 

Where did the footman of the rich gentleman find that poor French- 
man, . . . 

CXZZZ. 

561. Where have you been to-day with the old gentleman whose acquaint- 
ance I made yesterday at your house ? 

562. Have you found your friend at home ? 

563. This gentleman did not find his valet at home late last night; he 
thinks he drinks. 

564. That Frenchman and this German here are* very poor. 

565. I have not been able to find your valet, in spite of all my en- 
deavours. 



GERMAN. 77 

CXI. and CXII. 

. . . ober tneUeicfyt fogar t>tet beiJer, aU bet Sfynen ?>u v^aufe, 

ftnben. 

... or perhaps even much Letter than with yourself at home. 

CSX. 

551. ©inb @ic meHetd)t fjeute 2Cbenb §u £aufe? 

552. gtnben (Sie ba£ Seben f)ter in (Snglanb nicfyt met artgene^meiv al3 bet 
S^nen gu£aufe ? 

553. 3d) mug fyeute fetyr fruf) nad) £aufe gefjen/ ba td[j mU metner greunfce 
gum 2Cbenbcffen erwarte. 

554. ginben ©te nid)t/ bag ba$ ^Better i)ier mel fd)led)ter i}1, aU betSfynen 
in £>eutfd)ianb ? 

555. Sag Eann ict) ntdjt fagen$ id) ftnbe fogar/ bag e3 in btefem 3afyre fytet* 
fE>tel aagenefymer tjl/ alS bet mtr ju £aufe. 

CXII. 

556. £)iefer junge 9ttann fyat bctnat) gans aufgefyorf/ ju $aufe %\i (eben. 

557. ©etn ©efdjdft notfytgt ifyn, ofyne 2Cuffyoren $u retfen. 

558. £>a er fafr iebe fletne <Stabt in (Snglanb befucfyen mug/ fo raufi er 
tmmer in ciner ^rtoat!utfd)e fafyren. 

559. 3d) §6re/ bag tie junge £>ame acinar, ba§ SKorgenfdjiff (elbjt ju 
erroarten. 

560. 3d) gtaube nidft bag biefe JCtftc fo gut tjl/ rote btc alte/ bie id) fyatte. 

£)iefe fotten @te bei un§ unb in unferergreunbe £aufe ebenfo/ ober melleidjt 
fogar otei beffer> a IS bet Sfynen §u #aufe/ ftnb^n. 



SEVENTEENTH SENTENCE. 
CXIH. and CXIV. 

2Bo bat ber S5ebtente be3 retdben £errn jencn armeti granjofen 
gefunben, . . . 

Where has the footman of-the rich gentleman that poor Frenchman 

found, . . . 

CXIII. 

«'>6l. 2Bo ftnb @ie f)cute mit btm aiten £erren geweferi/ ben id) gejtern bet 
3fynen fennen getetnt §abt ? 

562. £aben @tc 3fyren greunb §u £aufe gefunben? 

563. liefer #err ||at fein*n SBebtenten gefrern 2Cbenb fpdt ntd)t ju ^aufc 
gefunben 5 et $la\xbt f bag er trtnft. 

564. Sener granjofe unb btefer ©eutfdje f)ter ftnb fefyr arm. 

565. 3d) fjabe S^wtt SBebfenten rrofc attcr meiner 93?% nidjt ftnbeu 
lonnen. 

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78 THE MASTERY SERIES. 



C3CXV. 

566. Tell the servant to order a good supper for this German gentleman ; 
he has been riding a long time, and must be in want of good eating and 
drinking. 

567. Do you see that large house there? It is very beautiful and his- 
torically interesting; we will go to see it to-morrow. 

568. Do you know where your friend is ? I saw him a short time ago. 

569. The young man would not give the letter even to this good old 
servant. 

570. As soon as we please, we can send for the luggage, and drive to the 
hotel in the town. 



CXV. and CXVL 

• . . and why did he not at once go to the messenger, who indeed 
is said to speak French, . , . 

cxv. 

571. Why has your friend not gone with us? We have asked him two or 
three times. 

572. Why do you not answer if anyone speaks to you? I should not 
have expected that of you. 

573. Your friend is said to speak German quite fluently; is that true, or 
is it only said so? 

574. Send a messenger to the boat at once, and make him fetch our 

luggage. 

575. Very well, sir, the messenger is gone already; I expect him in half 

an hour. 



CXVL 

576. Your friend, the old Frenchman, is said to be very ill. 

577. The weather is said to be very bad in Germany this year. 

578. As my letters are just as pressing as those of your friend, the 
messenger must go to the post-office at once. 

579. Were you out yesterday? The weather is said to have been very fine 

here. 

580. The young lady will not visit us to-day, as the ship has not been 
able to arrive off the coast because of the bad weather. 



GERMAN. 79 



CZIV. 

566. ^a^tn @te bem Wiener/ bag er fur biefen £eutfd)en #erm em gute§ 
2fbenbeffen befteUt 5 er ift lange gefa^ren unb mug sutes (Sflen unb Srinfen 
notfyig fyaben. 

567. Sefyen ©te jene§ groge £au3 ba? (53 ift fefjr fd)6n unb l)ijtorifd) in* 
tereffanr 5 wit tt-otlen e£ moraen befud)en. 

068. SStfTen ©ie, too 3$t greuttb ift ? 34 $aoe i|n oor furjcm gefetcn. 

569. £er junge SKann bat felbft biefem guten atten Stfenet bin SSrief ntdjt 
geben tfoUen. 

570. i^obalb ate wtr nwllefy fennen wit ba$ Oepdcf golen (ajTen unb &um 
£ote(in bee §5tabt fasten. 



CXV. and CXVI. 

. . . unb irarum ift er ntcbt fofort ;u tern S5oten gegangen, 
bet ja granjojtfd) fprecben foil, . . . 

. . . and why is he not at-once to the messenger gone, who indeed 
French speak shall, . . . 

CXV. 

571. SSarum ift 3&t gveunb ntcr,t mit un$ aeaangen? 22ir &aben e$ ibm 
bod) grcei^ober bretmal gefaat 

572. SBarum antroorfen ©te ntd)t/ rcenn man mit 3$nen fpricbt? 3d) 
fjatte bag oon Sfynen ni'd)t enr-artet. 

573. Stjrgreunb foil ja g,an$ fertig £eutfdf) fptedjetn tjtbaSwatyr, ofceu 
fagt man nur fo ? 

574. ©dhiden (Sic fofort einen SBoten an'g ®d)tfl> unb lafien 3ie unfet ©e= 
pdcf fyolen. 

575. ©an* tt>o% mem £err, bet SSete ift fdjon gegangen 5 id) erwarte tbn 
in einer fyatben ©tunbe. 



CSVI. 

576. 3§t gteunb, bet aire grangofe, foil febr Irani fein. 

577. 2>as fBSettcr foil btefeg 3al)t m £eutfdb(anb febr fd)lecbt fein. 

578. £>a meine SSrtefe eben fo brinaenb ftnb, trie bie 3()re3 grcunbeS, 
fo mu§ bet Sore fofort jut $)oft ae&en. 

579. £inb 3ie geftern au$seaanaen? £aS better foil ja Her fo febr fdf)6n 
cjcirefen fein. 

580. Die junge £ame »ttb un3 boure m*t metyt befu*en* ba ba€ ScHff 
be5 fd)teduen betters roegen nidht an bet Mf:e bat anfommen eonnen. 



SO THE MASTERY SERIES. 



CXVII. and CXVIII. 

. , . and who would have been able to ask the unhappy man whence 
he comes, and whither he was going ? 

CXVII. 

581. Ask the old Frenchman where he comes from. 

582. Where are you going to-day? The weather is really so fine that 
everybody seems to intend to go into the country. 

583. Put this unfortunate man to bed as soon as possible, and send 
immediately for the best doctor your servant can find at home at this hour. 

584. Sir, let a good supper be served to us directly, and order two beds 
to be prepared. 

585. We want to go to bed directly after supper, as we expect a friend 
by train very early to-morrow morning. 



CXVIII. 

586. She has come in early this morning, and will start to-morrow 

night. 

587. I know for certain that it takes almost an hour longer to go to town 
by boat than by rail. 

588. Your friend is said to have received yesterday the long-expected 
news from North America ; I must see them as soon as possible. 

589. How do you know that I pronounce German well ? You have not 
yet heard me speak. 

590. For four years I have not seen him; but as I hear that he lives in 
this town, and as I mean to stay here three days, I must certainly visit him. 

Where did the rich gentleman's valet find that poor Frenchman, and why 
did he not at once go to the messenger who is said to speak French, and 
who would have been able to ask the unhappy man whence he comes, and 
whither he means to go? 



GERMAN. 81 



CXYII. and CXVIII. 

. . . unb bcr ben unglutflicfyen 9Jlenfd)cn fyattz fragen fonnen, 
wofyer er fommt unb wo^in er geben will? 

. . , and who the unfortunate man would-have to -ask been- able 
wherefrom he comes, and whereto he to-go wishes ? 

CXVII. 

581. gragen @te ben aften gran^ofen, worker er fommt. 

582. 2£ofotn gel)en (Sic tyeute ? £a§ SKetrer xft mirflid) fo fd)6n, bag atfe 
Sttenfdjen tie 2Cbftd)t §u l)aben fdietnen, catfS £anb ju gefyen. 

583. Segen ©te btefen ungludlid&en 93?enfdien moglidbfr balb in" 3 SSett/ unb 
tojfen @te fofort ben beften 2Cr$t ^ofeii/ ben 3l)r 33ebienter $u btefer (Stunbe $u 
£aufe ftnbcn !ann. 

584. 5Jletn £enr/ laffen @ie unS fofort etn gute§ 2Cbenteffcn bringen unb 
rafd) $mei SSetfen fertfg madjen. 

585. S&tr wollen gleid) nad) bem (Souper $u SSett gefyen/ ba loft morgen fe$r 
fruf) etnen greunb mit ber (Sifenbafyn enr-urten. 



CXVIII. 

586. (£g Cft i?eute Sttorgen frttf) angefommen unb nrirb morgen libenh 
fasten. 

587. 3d) metp gan§ befHmmt/ bag eg beinal) etne @tunbe (anger jur ^tabt 
mit bem @d)tff ift/ alS mit ber (Sifenbatjn. 

588. 3b,r greunb foil gejtern tie tange ermarteten ?ftad)rid)ten con 9torbs 
2Cmerifa befommen fyaben \ id) mug fte moglid)ft balb feben. 

589. SBofyer nriffen ©te* bag id) ba$ £emfd)e gut au§fpred)e ? ^ie fyaben 
mtc^ nod) nid)t fpredjen l)6ren. 

590. 3d) fyabe tlm fd)on sier 3af)re lang md)t gcfc^en 5 ba id) aberpre, bag 
er je|t in btefer (Stabt lebt/ unb ba id) brei Sage fytcr bleiben mill/ fo mug id) 
ifyn ftdjer befucfyen. 

£So f)at ber Sebiente beg reicfyen £crrn ben armen grangofen gefunben, unb 
marum ift er nid)t fofort gu bem SSoten gegangen, ber ja granjoftfd) fprecfyen 
foil, unb ber ben ungtudlicljen SJlenfcfyen IJatte fragen fonnen, mother er fommt/ 
unbtr-obin er geljen mill? 



82 THE MASTERY SERIES 



EIGHTEENTH SENTENCE. 

/ have not heard who and what those strange gentlemen were, when, how, 
and from whence they came here, whose friends they seemed to be, 
after what and after whom they enquired, and whom they prin- 
cipally sazv, 

CXIX. and CXX. 

Who and what those foreign gentlemen (strangers) were, when, how, 
and from whence • • . 

CXIX. 

591. Do you know those three strangers? Who are they ? 

692. Who was the stranger that came home with you so late last 
night ? 

593. Your foreign friend seems to know that beautiful girl; he gave her 
a letter yesterday. 

594:. When were you in Germany, and what did you do there? 

595. What did you say? I do not quite understand you; my German 
does not seem to me to be first-rate yet 

CXX. 

596. How do you mean to get this done? It seems to me to be much 
more difficult than you think, 

597. How long do you say that your friend has been in England? Only 
two years ? I must say, then, that, in spite of the short time he has lived in 
England, he has learnt the language exceedingly well. 

598. When do the foreign newspapers, the Trench and English, arrive 
here ? Every day by the evening mail. 

599. When do you expect your friend, and who is it that comes with 
him? 

600. How is it that you don't know whether, nor for how long a time, 
your friend will be here ? 



CXXL and CXXII. 

. . . they came here, whose friends they seemed to be, . . • 

cxxz. 

601. How are your friends getting on to-day ? They did not seem to be 
very well yesterday. Perhaps they are better to-day ? 

602. This old Frenchman here is very rich, and he has many ships, which 
almost all sail from Hamburg to New York. 

603. He really speaks it almost like an Englishman, and he writes the 
language perfectly. 

604. Do you find any news from India in the paper to-day ? 

605. Whose house is this ? It is that of my friend Schmidt. 



GERMAN. 83 



EIGHTEENTH SENTENCE. 
CXIX. and CXX. 

SBcr unb wa§ bte fremben #erren war en, wann, *me unb son 

wo . . . 

Who and what the foreign gentlemen were, when, how, and from 
where . . . 

cxzx. 

591. £ennen (Sie bte bret fremben £erren ba? 2£er ftnb fte? 

592. S&er war bet grembe, bcr gejletn #benb mitS^ncn fo fpdt nad)#aufe 
fam? 

593. Sfyr fremtec greunb fdjeint bag fdjone 9Jcdbd)en ba $u fennen $ er fjat 
ifyr gcftern etnen SSrtef gegeben. 

594. SK a nn waren <Ste in £eutfd)fanb/ unb mag baben <Sie ba gemadbt? 

595. 2Ba§ foaben ©tc gefagt? 3d) ucrfret;e ©te md)t gan§ $ metn £eutfd) 
fd)ci-nt mir nod) md)t bag SSejte ju fetn. 

CXX. 

596. SBte ir-otfcn ©ie btefeg ferttg bringen ? (5g fdjeint mir met fcfyrerer 
§u fcin# a(3 ©te glauten. 

597. SSte lange fagen ©te, bag 3#r greunb in Grnglanb gewefen ift ? 9cm 
arcet 3at)re ? £>a mug tct) fagen, bag er tro£ ber furgen Sett/ bte er in (snglanb 
gelebt, bte @prad)e fetjr gut gelernt fyat 

598. SSann lommen bte fremben 3ettungen, bte granj5fffd)cn unb (Sngtifcfyen/ 
fyier an? 2CUe Sage mtt ber 2Cbenbpojl. 

599. SSSann erwarten <Ste Sfcen greunb/ unb xozx fommt mtt tym? 

600. 28te fommt eg, bag (Stentd)t unffen, ob unb auf rote lange Sfyr greunb 
t)ter fetn rotrb ? 

CXXI. and CXXIL 

. . . fte f)terf)er f amen, weffen greunbe btefelben ju fetn 
fdnenen, . . . 

. . . they hereto came, whose friends they to be seemed, . . . 

cxxz. 

601. §&ag madden 3bre greunbe |eute? Ste fcfytenen gefrern nid)t fer)r iror)l 
ju fetn. SSteUetd)t ftnb fte jjjeute beficr ? 

602. £>tefer alte granjofe t)ter tj! fefyr retdv unb er ^at mele (Scfyiffe, bte 
beinaf) aUe son Hamburg nad) 9faro*3)orf fa^ren. 

603. (5r fpridjt rotrfltd) beinaf) ganj true ctn (Sngldnber unb fcfyretbt bte 
©prad)e oolljtdnbtg fertig. 

604. gtnben @te tjcutc SRacfyrtcr-ten ton 3nbien in ber Strung ? 

605. SBenen £aug tfi Meg? G£g tft bag metneg greunbeg ©ctymibr. 



84 THE MASTERY SERIES. 



cxxxx. 

606. Do yon see those three girls? they are all very good-looking. Let 
us soe where they are going. 

607- I have always found Italians very pleasant; more pleasant than 
Germans or Frenchmen. 

608. These fellows know nothing; they don't seem to me to want to learn 
anything, and I intend to send them home to-morrow. 

609. What did you think of the nursing and attendance in that hospital? 
Did the patients seem to have confidence in their medical attendants ? 

610. You must take pains with each of them ; and without trouble you 
will not be able to do anything. 



CXXHI. and CXXIY. 

. . . after, what and after whom they enquired, and whom they 
mostly saw, I have not heard. 

CXXXXX. 

611. What did your friend enquire after here yesterday evening so eagerly ? 

612. I have not heard whom they intended to visit here to-day, 

613. The friends I have enquired after are none of them at home, and I 
don't know another human being here. 

614. For what did you send your servant out yesterday morning ? 

615. I sent him to enquire after the young lady whom we saw yester- 
day suffering so much in the park. 

cxxzv. 

616. While we were looking at the ship arriving off the coast, there came 
to the house a rumour that its arrival was not to be expected for at least 
another six hours. 

617. Where do you generally dine ? At the English hotel, because I 
find the table better there than in any hotel in this town. 

618. Trust me, and go there with me; you will find that what I say is 
true. 

619. As her friend did not follow her advice, he made a mistake in 
not going to the ship yesterday. 

620. I expect to be able to go to the town in that ship, if the lady will 
send her servant to the captain. 

I have not heard who and what those strange gentlemen were, when, 
how, and from whence they came here, whose friends they seemed to be, 
after what and after whom they enquired, and whom they principally saw. 



GERMAN. 85 



CXXX1. 



606. (Se$en @ie jene brei 95tftbdjen? ^ie jinb a He brei fefjr fd;6n. Saflfen 
@te un§ fefyen, wo fte fymfatyxt. 

607. 3cf) ^)abe bie Staliener immer fefyr angenebm gefunben 5 angene^mer 
at§ bte £eutfd)en/ ober gran&ofen. 

608. g)tefe 9ftenfd)en !onnen md)t6$ fte fdieinen mfr ntd)t§ (ernen §u wo tie n, 
unb id) fyabe uor, fte morgen wad) £aufe ju fdjtcfen. 

609. 28te fasten 3fcnen bte ?)flege unb SBebtemmg tn jenem £ofpttal §u fetn? 

<Sd)ienen bte Jtranfen SSertrauen in bte 2Cerjte $u fallen ? 

610. ©te mujfen ftd) mit ieber SSttufye gebeti 5 unb ofyne 9J?ut)e fonnen Bie 
nidbtS madden. 

CXXIII. and CXXIV. 

. . . rvortad) unb rtacfy wem fte ftcb erfunbigten, wen fte metjienS 
fafyen, l;abe id) md)t gefyort* 

• . . after what and after whom they enquired, whom they mostly 
saw, have I not heard. 

cxxxxx. 

611. SSonad) fyat ftd) 3t)r greunb geftern 2Cbenb fo etfrtg erfunbigt? 

612. 2£en fte fyeute sorgefjabt fyaben fyter ju befudjen/ fyabe ia) nidjt ge- 
t)5rt. 

613. £)te greunbc/ na$ tt)etd)en id) mid) erfunbigt §afce/ finb a lie md)t gu 
£aufe/ unb id) fenne t)ier letnen 9tfenfd)en mefyr. 

614. 2£onad) fyaben @te S^ren Wiener geftern SDtorgcn augge',d)icct ? 

615. 3d) $abe if)n gefd)tcfr, urn ftd) nad) bee fungen £)ame §u ertunbigen, 
bie wir geftern in bem $)3ar£ fo febr kiben fafyen. 

CXSIV. 

616. SBafyrenb wit ba$ ©dfjtff an ber &ujte anfommen fa^en* !am §u £aufe 

bte ^ad)rid)t an, ba% bk 2£nfunft beffetben nod) in wenigftenS fed) 6 ©tunben 
nid)t &u erwarten fei. 

617. 2£o effen <5te meifrenS ? 3n bem (Snglifdjen ^otet/ wett id) ba§ (Sffen 
ba beffer ffnbe/ aI3 in jebem £otet in btefer ©tabt 

618. £5ertrauen @te auf mid) unb gefyen (Ste mtt mil bai)tn ^ @te werben 

ftnben/ bag wag id) fage wafyr ijl. 

619. ©a tyr greunb tyrem Sfatye ntdjt gefoigt fyat, fo tyat berfelbe ben 
gefyter gemadjt, geftern ntdjt nad) bem @<tyiff §u fatten. 

620. 3d) glaube in bem <5d)tff nad) ber ©tabt fafjren §u fonnen, wenn bie 
&ame i^ren £5iener §u bem ^"apitain fdb)tcfen wirb. 

SSer unb wag bie fremben ^>erren warett/ wann/ wte unb son wo fte fyiertyec 
lament weffen greunte btefelben ju fetn fd)tenen, wonac^ unb nad) went fte ftd) 
evfrmbigten, wen fte meiftenS faftetw feabe i<^ nidjt ge^ort. 

F 



PAKADIGM, 

Showing at one view the Terminations of the Variable Words in 
the German Language. 

$ftein ©tefet* 



£)er 
beg 
bem 
ben 



nein 



bag 
beg 
bem 
bat 



outer/ e* 
—en 
—en 
—en 



toOe 

Hi 

— t 
—en 
— t 
—en 



bte 

ber 

ber 
bte 

bit 

ber 
ben 
bte 



SDiefer/* &e. 

-e —eg, e* 

-en —en 

-en —en 

-e —eg/ e* 

-en 
-en 
-en 
-en 



— / er* 
—eg 
— em 
—en 



— e 
— er 
— er 
— e 

— e 

— er 
—en 
— e 

©uter SKetn 



— / eg* 
—eg 
—em 
—eg 



guter 
—eg/ en 
—em 
—en 



— e 

— er 
— er 

— e 

— e 

— er 
—en 



— — — , e 

— g/ eg — — n/ en 

— / e — — ii/ en 

— — — n/ en 

-/ e/ er/ it/ en 3 Dative, —n 
Soben/ lobenb/ gelobt. 



fobte 
— teft 

— te 
—ten 
— tet 
—ten 

bin 

bift 

iff 
ftnb 
feib 
ftnb 

id) 

meiner 
mit 
mid) 



fyaben/ 

f)abt, 

fyaben/ 

war 
warfi 

mar 
waren 
mart 
waren 



tjatteji 

fyatte 
fatten 
fyattet 
fatten) 



gelobt 



bu 

betner 

bir 

bid) 

wit 

unfer 

ung 

ung 



er 

fetner 
tym 
tyn 

euer 
end) 
cud) 



fann 

lannjr 

fann 

lonnen 

fonnt 

fonnen 

fte 

ifyrer 

ifyr 

ifyr 



-eg 

-eg/ en 
-em 



eg 

feiner 
tfym 
eg 

fte 

tfyrer 
tfynen 
fte 



werbe > 

Wtrft 

Wirb 

werben 

werbet 

werben , 

barf 
barfft 

barf 
bitrfen 
btirft 
bitrfen 

©te 
3&ter 
Sbnen 
©te 



toben 



&errrucn CcqoiXaZ Letters, 








Doi>ohte LeXZers and Coinl^triaiLoris 



<^ Ce/.-tn^tves' L^/lty Us&^c*-'' oe/ 



'^tt^.s6C*/' 



yvtt/ast' t%44^ cccc^at^d^^ctecc ^iiyU>c ^^^ C&t<ts 



'&> ^i& .*>/c/. 



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Spectnvesns of German. CurrmZ/ Hand 



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C^>',, 



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MEMOEANDUM. 

Page 68. Sentences 13 and 14 ought to be treated as one, and read thus: 

Dear friend, be of good cheer. The doctor has, with full 

courage, entire firmness, and true confidence, opened out to you 

the prospect of a well-founded hope of rapid convalescence and 

of complete cessation of every suffering. 

Page 70. Omit lines 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, from Dear friend to confidence. 
„ line 14, omit these. 

,, Omit last two lines. 

Page 71. Omit the corresponding German lines. 

Page 72. Sentences 15 and 16 ought to be treated as one, and read thus : 

You shall receive in our house, and at our friend's residence, 

friendly advice, faithful nursing, and attendance, as well as 

pleasant living and the best of eating and drinking, just the 

same as, or even better than, at your own home. 

Page 74. Omit lines 9, 10, 11, 12, 13. 

Page 75. Line 11, omit the three last words, foUetl @te ftnben. 
,, Line 14, omit the first word, <Dtefe. 

Page 76. Line 1, for yourself at home, read at your own home. 

„ Omit lines 17 and 18, and the corresponding German sentence 

on page 77. 

Page 77. Line 3, after home add find. 

„ 81. Variation 586, for (£§ read @ie. 

„ 85. Variation 620, last word, for with, read tvill 



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